Country: France
Year: 1994
Duration: 67'
Gilles and Christine are in the same class in high school in the westem suburbs of Paris. They are both children of divorced parents. But if Gilles has been protected by his father's authority and affection Christine is the opposite; she has been torn apart by her parents. Her mother lives with a retired Algerian soccer player. They are both Scientologists. And because they are poor, she loses the right to remain Christine's legal guardian. But her father worried about her mental condition, decides to put her in a mental institution, by force if necessary. The only thing in Christine's life, at least for the moment is her Iove for Gilles. But Gilles is too young and immature to throughly understand what Christines Iove really means to her. However that night, Gilles will have to choose. Christine has escaped from the hospital and meets Gilles in an abandonned house in the woods. There is no way she can go back. She must escape. She has an idea where, possibly a town in Lozère. Will Gilles remain a child and stay behind, or will he mature, learn what true Iove really means and follow Christine?
Biography
film director
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas (Paris, 1955) was member of the editorial board of «Cahiers du Cinéma» from 1980 to 1985. In 1983 his short film, Laissé inachevé à Tokyo won the Perspectives award at Cannes. He later worked as a screenwriter for Laurent Perrin (Passage secret) and André Téchiné (Rendez-vous, Le Lieu du crime). Along with Stig Björkman, he published Conversations avec Ingmar Bergman.
FILMOGRAFIA
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (cm, 1983), Désordre (Désordre - Disordine, 1986), L'Enfant de l'hiver (Il bambino d'inverno, 1989), Paris s'éveille (Contro il destino, 1991), Une nouvelle vie (1993), L'Eau froide (id., 1994), La Page blanche (1994), Irma Vep (id., 1996), Fin août, début septembre (id., 1998).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Olivier Assayas.
Director of photography: Denis Lenoir.
Art director: Gilbert Gagneux.
Editor: Luc Barnier.
Sound: Hervé Chauvel.
Cast and characters: Virginie Ledoyen (Christine), Cyprien Fouquet (Gilles), LaszIo Szabo (padre di Gilles), Jean-Pierre Darrousin (l'ispettore), Dominique Faysse (madre di Christine), Smail Mekki (Mourad).
Concezione artistica della serie: Chantai Poupaud.
Director of Production: Sylvie Barthet.
Producer: Georges Benayoun, Paul Rozenberg per IMA Prod.
Production company: IMA Productions, 11 rue Christiani, F-75018 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-4223010 1, fax +33-1-42625707.
Vendita all'estero (versione televisiva): M5, 168rueSaintCarles, 75015 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-45545957, fax +33-1-45542271.
Foreign sales agent: Polygram Film International Classic, 10 Livonia Street, 3rd Floor, London, Great Britain, +44-71-8001300, fax +44-71-4379964.
Director of photography: Denis Lenoir.
Art director: Gilbert Gagneux.
Editor: Luc Barnier.
Sound: Hervé Chauvel.
Cast and characters: Virginie Ledoyen (Christine), Cyprien Fouquet (Gilles), LaszIo Szabo (padre di Gilles), Jean-Pierre Darrousin (l'ispettore), Dominique Faysse (madre di Christine), Smail Mekki (Mourad).
Concezione artistica della serie: Chantai Poupaud.
Director of Production: Sylvie Barthet.
Producer: Georges Benayoun, Paul Rozenberg per IMA Prod.
Production company: IMA Productions, 11 rue Christiani, F-75018 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-4223010 1, fax +33-1-42625707.
Vendita all'estero (versione televisiva): M5, 168rueSaintCarles, 75015 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-45545957, fax +33-1-45542271.
Foreign sales agent: Polygram Film International Classic, 10 Livonia Street, 3rd Floor, London, Great Britain, +44-71-8001300, fax +44-71-4379964.