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  Earth &
Ashes
A film by Atiq Rahimi
Official Selection - Un Certain Regard - Cannes
2004
Synopis : Dastaguir sits on the side of the
road, his young grandson, Yassin, at his side. A desolate Afghan
landscape stretches out all around him — a half-demolished bridge,
a dry riverbed below and a dusty road that reaches its vanishing point on
the horizon.
That road leads to a far-off coalmine, Dastaguir’s dreaded
destination. He is on a painful journey to see his son, the child’s
father, who works in the mines. He must tell him that their village has
been bombed and his entire family killed. The old man is torn between his
own remorse, his unbearable solitude and codes of honor deeply engrained
in the Afghan soul.
As he struggles with so many conflicting emotions, Dastaguir encounters
several strangers along the way. There’s the sentry house guard,
the philosophical roadside merchant, the mysterious veiled woman who
waits endlessly, and other victims of this nameless war that goes on
somewhere off-screen.
Starring Abdul Ghani, Jawan Mard Homayoun, Tallosh Walli.
Official
Screenings - World Premiere
Press Screening - May 13th, 04:30 pm, Salle
Debussy
Official Screening - May 14th, 03:00 pm, Salle Bazin
Market
Screenings
May 16th, 03:30 pm, Riviera 1
May 17th, 03:30 pm, Riviera 1
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PRODUCTION:
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Les Films du
Lendemain
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 2.35
(Scope)
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LENGTH:
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1h43
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YEAR:
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2004
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 CQ2
A film by Carole Laure
International Critics' Week - Cannes
2004
Synopis : CQ2 (seek you too) is the story of a
teenager, with an uncertain future, who canalises her lust for life in
the study of contemporary dance.
Starring Clara Furey, Danielle Hubbard, Mireille Thibault,
Jean-Marc Barr.
Official
Screenings - World Premiere
May 19th, 11:00 am, 11h Espace Miramar
May 19th, 05:30 pm,
Espace Miramar
May 19th, 10:30 pm,
Espace Miramar
May 20th, 08:30 am, Palais des Festival Salle Bunuel
May 20th, 02:00 pm,
Théatre de la Licorne
May 20th, 08:30 pm,
Espace de la Vignasse - Valbonne
May 21st, 04:30 pm,
Studio 13
Market
Screening
May 18th, 04:00 pm, Riviera 4
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PRODUCTION:
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Cité-Amérique,
Les Productions Laure
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35 mm / 1.85
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LENGTH:
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1h40
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YEAR:
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2004
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 They came back
A film by Robin Campillo
Synopis : The dead are coming back by
thousands... In the world, millions of deceased left there cemetery to
the towns. One central question is to be answered: how can living and
dead manage to live together...
Starring Géraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccaï, Frédéric Pierrot.
Market
Screenings - World Premiere
May 14th, 02:00 pm, Riviera 4
May 18th, 10:00 am, Riviera 2
May 20th, 02:00 pm, Riviera 2
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PRODUCTION:
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Haut & Court
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35 mm
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LENGTH:
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1h43
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YEAR:
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2003
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Three Dancing Slaves
 A film by Gaël Morel
Synopis : Through the portrait of three
brothers, the story of a revenge that, benign at first, takes on tragic
proportions until it forces each of the brothers to adopt a clear-cut
position in relation to each other.
Starring Stéphane Rideau, Nicolas Cazalé.
Market
Screenings - World Premiere
May 15th, 10:00 am, Riviera 4
May 17th, 02:00 pm, Riviera 4
May 19th, 04:00 pm, Riviera 2
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PRODUCTION:
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Sepia Production
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GENRE:
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SOCIAL DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35 mm
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LENGTH:
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1h30
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YEAR:
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2004
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 The Other Side of the Street
A film by Marcos Bernstein
Synopis : Regina, a lonely 65 year old who
works on the neighbourhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes
to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up
getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of
events that will force her to take stock of her life in a way that she
could have never imagined.
Starring Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez.
Market
Screenings
May 17th, 11:30 am, Riviera 1
May 19th, 11:30 am, Riviera 1
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PRODUCTION:
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Escazal Films, Columbia Tristar Films
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 1.85
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LENGTH:
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1h38
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YEAR:
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2003
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 L'Esquive
A film by Abdellatif Kechiche
Synopis : For Krimo, a teenager living in the
suburbs of Paris, days go by, carying the weight of his boredom around
the neighbourhoodS Until a few lines from a 19th century play echo in an
open field, and suddenly nothing seems quite
the same anymore : Lydia, all dressed-up in her theatre costume, is
rehearsing the school play. And Krimo falls in love with her. Despite the
reputation Krimo has to sustain, he will accept a role in the play in
order
to declare his love. Will he find the right words?
Starring Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Hajar
Hamlili, Rachid Hami.
Market Screening
May 16th, 02:00 pm, Riviera 2
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PRODUCTION:
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Noé Productions
Int. Lola Films
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GENRE:
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COMEDY / DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 1.85 /
DOLBY SR
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LENGTH:
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1h57
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YEAR:
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2003
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 Le Grand Rôle
A film by Steve Suissa
Synopis : Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie and
Edouard are still unknown actors despite their late thirties. But one
day, Grinchenberg, the famous American director, comes to Paris looking
for the lead role in his Yiddish adaptation of the Merchant of Venice. Maurice
gets the part !
It is the major breakthrough he has been waiting for. He rushes home to
proudly announce the big news to his wife Perla. But Perla also has news
for him: she is very ill… Unfortunately, the part eventually goes
to a famous American star. Maurice doesn’t have the heart to tell
Perla…
With his friends’ help, he will go all the way to make his wife
believe that he still has the part, and will end up playing the role of
his life to protect her.
Starring Stéphane Freiss, Bérénice Béjo, François Berléand and
Peter Coyote.
Market
Screenings
May 13th, 04:00 pm, Riviera 2
May 16th, 11:30 am, Riviera 1
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PRODUCTION:
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Les Films de
l'Espoir
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GENRE:
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COMEDY / DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 1.85
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LENGTH:
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1h29
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YEAR:
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2003
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Textiles
A film by Franck Landron
 Synopis : Sophie and
Olivier are a young couple with 2 children. They work hard in their
parisian bakery. Sophie feels that her husband doesn’t pay much
attention to her anymore…
One day, Sophie and Olivier come across an add in their own shop: the
beach house they’ve been dreaming about for so long, is for sale. Taken
over by the terrific bargain, the young couple decides to buy the house
without even visiting it. Little do they know that there is a hitch to it
all, and that they are now the happy owners of a home in a nudist
village...
Starring Barbara Schulz, Alexandre
Brasseur.
Market
Screenings
May 14th, 10:00 am, Riviera 4
May 15th, 03:30 pm, Riviera 1
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PRODUCTION:
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Les Films en
Hiver
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GENRE:
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COMEDY
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 1.66
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LENGTH:
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1h30
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2003
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 Wild Side
A film by Sébastien Lifshitz
Synopis : Mikaïl and Jamel share
Stephanie’s bed, a young transexual prostitute. Despite their
chaotic lives, the three of them find comfort in each other’s arms.
Starring Stéphanie Michelini, Edouard Nikitine, Yasmine Belmadi.
Market
Screenings
May 15th, 02:00 pm, Riviera 2
May 20th, 11:30 am, Riviera 1
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PRODUCTION:
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Maïa Films,
Zephyr Films, YC Aligator Films
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35mm
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1h43
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2003
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 Memoria del Saqueo, A Social
Genocide
A film by Fernando E. Solanas
Synopis : The dramatic circumstances which we
are living out bring me back to my very beginnings in the cinema,
thirty-five years ago, when my search for a political identity and my
desire to struggle against the dictatorship led me to shoot The Hour of the Furnaces.
Circumstances have greatly changed, but the consequences of the
neo-liberal plan have today proved so disastrous that, once again, I am
forced to bear witness to memories and testimonies by composing a living
fresco based on what we have supported and endured over the past
twenty-five years, from Videla's dictatorship to today. It is in this
manner that I wish to contribute to the urgent debate that Argentina,
Latin America and the world at large are conducting, which, as its
driving force, the certainty that, faced with dehumanized globalization, "another world is
possible".
Market
Screening
May 14th, 04:00 pm, Riviera 2
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PRODUCTION:
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ADR Poductions,
Thelma Film AG, Cinesur S.A.
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GENRE:
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DOCUMENTARY
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FORMAT:
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35mm / 1.85
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LENGTH:
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2h00
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YEAR:
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2003
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 With George Bush on my Mind
A film by Joaquin Oristrell
Synopis : While travelling through the country
with its latest play, a Spanish theatre company looses its lead role in a
car accident. Jorge Ruiz, a young newcomer, takes over the part. Almost
instantly, his provocative attitude awakens hidden conflicts. As a political
activist, Jorge decides to read a declaration against the war in Iraq at
each performance. Some of the actors disapprove and the theatre company
implodes…
Starring Javier Camara, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Minguez, Maria
Botto.
Market
Screening
May 19th, 10:00 am, Riviera 2
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PRODUCTION:
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Garbo
Producciones, Centro de Nuevos Creadores
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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FORMAT:
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35 mm / 1.85 /
Dolby SRD
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LENGTH:
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1h30
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YEAR:
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2003
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In Post-Production
 The Silence
A film by Orso Miret
Synopis : Olivier (35 years old) is on holiday in Corsica in
the small mountain village where his mother was born. He is with his girl
friend, Marianne who is nearly three months pregnant.
Olivier is clearly very attached to his Corsican roots, even if he is
sometimes made to feel a bit like an outsider – and even if he
himself is uneasy about assuming an identity which is not quite his own.
The peacefulness of their stay is brutally broken: he is the sole witness
to a murder committed by a young man from the same village and whom he
has clearly recognized.
Fearing that he will become a persona non grata in the village if he
denounces the killer, Olivier decides to keep quiet. For how long?
Starring Mathieu Demy, Natacha Régnier,
Thierry De Peretti.
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PRODUCTION:
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Sunday Morning
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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 My father is an Engineer
A film by Robert Guédiguian
Synopis : The story of a man and a woman who, since childhood,
cannot live separated one from another. They have grown up to become
doctors. Their careers are starting to drive them apart, but not for long
: against all odds, they have chosen to fight against fate and reality,
and to remain together…
Starring Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre
Darroussin.
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PRODUCTION:
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Agat Films &
Cie
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GENRE:
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DRAMA
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 Bottoms Up
A film by Marion Vernoux
A doctor undergoing alcoholic
detoxification, a receptionnist at odds with her boyfriend and a
technical salesman looking for adventure, all meet in the ski resort of
Val d'Isère.They decide to drink their idleness and loneliness away,
roaming from bar to bar...
Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Edouard Baer.
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PRODUCTION:
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ADR Productions
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 Victory
A film by
Stéphane Murat
Starring Sylvie Testud, Mylène
Demongeot, Pierre Arditi.
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PRODUCTION:
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ADR Productions
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Now Shooting
Live & Become
A film by Radu Mihaileanu (from the
director of "Train of Life")
Ethiopia. From November 20 1984 to
January 4 1985, Israel and the United States take the initiative of a
vast action, which will bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) into
Israel. A non-Jew Ethiopian mother forces her son to declare himself
Jewish so as to save him from starvation and death. Though neither of
them descends from the people of Israel.
The child arrives in the holy land. Considered an orphan, the boy is
adopted by a French Sephardi family who lives in Tel-Aviv. He grows up
with the fear that the truth will be discovered together with his double
lie: he is neither a Jew nor an orphan, only a black boy.
The boy finds out about love, Judaism, the western culture but also about
racial prejudice and war in the Occupied Territories. He will grow up to
be Jewish-Israeli-French-Tunisian but he will never forget his real
mother and his true identity: he is an Ethiopian who has survived.
Starring Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem.
PRODUCTION : Elvévir
Pre-Production
Un Fil à la Patte
A film by Michel
Deville
Starring Charles Berling, Emmanuelle Béart, Patrick Timsit, Vincent
Elbaz.
PRODUCTION :
Elefilm
Les Amants Réguliers
A film by Philippe Garrel
Starring Louis Garrel.
PRODUCTION : Maïa
Films
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