Country: France
Year: 2008
Duration: 77'
Fiona and Dom are teachers in a rural school. They are a happy couple “Our models are the eccentric actors and directors of the silent film era.
who share the passion for Latin dancing. One night, while going back
from a dance competition, they have a car accident which upsets their
lives – Fiona loses her leg, Dom his memory. Their happiness seems
to be permanently compromised, but life always holds some surprises.
They managed to join art and entertainment, making inventive, refined
films, which were at the same time funny, accessible and popular.
We aim for laughter, not just caused by satire or parody, but laughter
which comes from a feeling of connivance with our clownish characters.
We would rather use body language than dialogues and we prefer
to tell a simple story, so that the spectator can feel involved in what is
happening among the actors and not only in the complexity of the plot.
Our favourite subjects are human frailty and awkwardness.
Although our couple runs up against the hardness of life, they still
maintain a constant sense of optimism.”
Biography
film director
Dominique Abel
Dominique Abel (Thuin, Belgium, 1957) graduated in Economic Studies. Between 1980 and 1982 studied theatre in Paris. During the 1990s he and Fiona Gordon took their first steps into cinema with three shorts. In 2004 he directed his first feature, L’Iceberg.
FILMOGRAFIA
Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon: Rosita (cm, 1997), Walking on the Wild Side (cm, 2000).
Dominic Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy: Merci Cupidon (cm, 1994), L’Iceberg (2005),
Rumba (2008).
Fiona Gordon
Fiona Gordon (Australia, 1957) is graduated in Dramatic Arts in Canada. In the early 1980s she studied theatre with Dominique Abel, with whom she co-directed many films.
Bruno Romy
Bruno Romy (Caen, France, 1958) worked in different fields before moving to cinema. He directed many films, among them L’Iceberg which he co-directed with Abel and Gordon
FILMOGRAFIA
La Fiancée (cm, 1987), Twenturie (cm, 1988), Le Visiteur (mm, 1989), Dialogues d’autochtones (mm, 1990), Version originale (cm, 1991), Vroum (cm, 1992), La Poupée (cm, 1993), Le Bar des amants (1998), La Reine de l’iode (cm, 2002), Je suis Lune (cm, 2003).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/directors, screenplay Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
fotografia/cinematography Claire Childeric
montaggio/film editing Sandrine Deegen
scenografia/production design Nicolas Girault, Laura Couderc, Annabelle Cocollos
costumi/costume design Claire Dubien
suono/sound Fred Meert
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Fiona Gordon (Fiona), Dominique Abel (Dominique), Philippe Martz (Gérard)
produzione/production MK2, Courage Mon Amour Films
vendita all’estero/ world sales MK2
fotografia/cinematography Claire Childeric
montaggio/film editing Sandrine Deegen
scenografia/production design Nicolas Girault, Laura Couderc, Annabelle Cocollos
costumi/costume design Claire Dubien
suono/sound Fred Meert
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Fiona Gordon (Fiona), Dominique Abel (Dominique), Philippe Martz (Gérard)
produzione/production MK2, Courage Mon Amour Films
vendita all’estero/ world sales MK2