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Director: Robert Guédiguian
Duration:  107 min

 

Country: France
Year: 2011

 

Synopsis: Although he has lost his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire. They’ve been in love for 30 years, are fulfilled as parents and grand-parents, have close friends and are proud of their trade union and political battles. This happiness is shattered along with their French window when two young armed and masked men hit them, tie them up, pull off their wedding rings and make off with their credit cards. Their distress is all the more acute when they find out the attack was organised by a young worker made redundant at the same time as Michel. However, they gradually discover that their attacker, Christophe, only acted out of necessity: he lives alone with his two little brothers and does an admirable job of looking after them, attending to their education and health. Their mother left them to live her own life and they never knew their father. Michel and Marie-Claire thus decide to look after the two little brothers while they wait for Christophe to be released from prison.

 

 

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Screenplay:  Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi
Cinematography: Pierre Milon
Editing:  Bernard Sasia
Music: Pascal Mayer   
Art direction:  Michel Vandestien
Costumes: Juliette Chanaud    

Cast: Ariane Ascaride (Marie-Claire), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Michel), Gérard Meylan (Raoul), Marilyne Canto (Denise), Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (Christophe), Anaïs Demoustier (Flo), Adrien Jolivet (Gilles), Robinson Stévenin (Commissioner), Karole Rocher (Christophe's mother), Julie-Marie Parmentier (Agnès), Pierre Niney (Waiter), Yann Loubatière (Jules), Jean-Baptiste Fonck (Martin), Emilie Piponnier (Maryse), Raphaël Hidrot (Jeannot)

Producer: 
Production: Agat Films & Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma

Backing: Canal +, Ciné Cinéma, région Paca, Sofica Cofimage 22, Cinémage 5, La banque postale image 4, Soficinéma 7

Distribution: Diaphana Distribution

Sales agent: Films Distribution

 

2011 Filmography

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le-havre-a
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mysteries-of-lisbon-a
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About the LUX Prize


The LUX Prize (in Latin, lux means light) was established in 2007 as a tangible symbol of the European Parliament’s commitment to the European film industry and its creative endeavours.
Since then, the European Parliament casts an annual spotlight on films that go to the heart of the European public debate. Beyond the stories they tell, these films explore and question European shared values, look at the level of support for the project of building Europe and address cross-border concerns such as immigration, justice, solidarity, public freedoms and fundamentals rights. Each film offers a glimpse into the lives of Europeans, their convictions and doubts and their quest for identity.

 

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