Catalogue Part 9 - International Film Festival of Colombo

French Film Corner
Curated by
Wable Elodie
Cultural Ataché,
Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
In the Courtyard (Dans la Cour)
France | 2014 | 97 min | Comedy
Synopsis
Antoine, a 40 years old musician, leaves everything
and becomes a caretaker in the building where
Mathilde, a young retiree, lives. One night, she
discovers a crack on the living room wall and fears
that the building might collapse. Antoine befriends
her but he fears that she would go mad. Both are
in a clumsy tandem that will help them, perhaps,
through this bad patch.
Director
: Pierre Salvadori
DOP
: Gilles Henry
Cast
: Gustave Kervern, Catherine Deneuve
Screenplay : Pierre Salvadori
Producer : Philippe Martin
Music
Editor
: Grégoire Hetzel and Stephin Merrit
: Isabelle Devinck
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Pierre Salvadori
Originating from Tunisia, Pierre Salvadori studied cinema and
theater in France. His films, usually with limited budget, are
characterized by an outlook on marginal and slightly offset
situations and characters who are trying by all means to get over
their deficiencies.
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Eden
France | 2013 | 131 min | Drama- Comedy
Synopsis
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of the
early-nineties in Paris, forms a DJ collective with
some friends. But, together, they are also leading a
dissipated nightlife.
Director
Screenplay
Producer
DOP
Music
Editor
Cast
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: Mia Hansen-Løve
: Mia Hansen-Løve, Sven Hansen-Løve
: CG Cinema
: Denis Lenoir
: Raphael Hamburger (Supervisor)
: Marion Monner
: Pauline Etienne and Félix de Givry
Mia Hansen-Løve
Hansen-Love’s debut film All Is Forgiven was nominated for a Cesar Award
for Best First Feature Film in 2008. Her second film The Father of My Children
premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section
and won the Special Jury Prize. Hansen’s third feature premiered at the
Locarno International Film Festival.
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The Good Life (La Belle Vie)
France | 2014 | 103 min | Drama
Synopsis
Taken from their mother as a result of a court
decision, Sylvain and Pierre live in hiding with
their father Yves until one day, Pierre disappears
and Sylvain meets a girl, Gilda, on an island in the
Loire river.
Director
: Jean Denizot
DOP
: Elin Kirschfink
Screenplay
Producer
Music
Editor
Cast
: Jean Denizot
: Matheiu Bompoin
: Luc Meilland
: Aurélien Manya
: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Solène Rigot
Jean Denizot
Born in 1979, Jean Denizot began his career as a set manager for
a short film by Catherine Klein Another man. In 2006, he directed
his first short film Fly. The good life, released in 2014, is his first
feature film.
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In the name of my daughter
(L’homme qu’on ambit trop)
France | 2014 | 116 min | Drama
Synopsis
Agnès Le Roux, a young independent woman,
returns to Nice in 1976 for a new start in her life
after a failed marriage. Her mother, a wealthy
widow, runs a casino that is in trouble. Agnes falls
in love with Maurice, the lawyer of the casino.
Director
: André Téchiné
Producer
: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier and Fidélité Films
Screenplay : Jean-Charles Le Roux and André Téchiné and Cédric Anger
DOP
Music
Editor
: Julien Hirsch
: Benjamin Biolay
: Hervé de Luze
Cast
: Catherine Deneuve,
Guillaume Canet and Adèle Haenel
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André Téchiné
Téchiné is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged movies. A
trademark of his filmography is the lyrical examination of human
relationships in a sensitive, unsentimental way, as can be seen in his
most acclaimed movies: My Favorite Season (1993) and Wild Reeds
(1994).
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