29° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FESTA MOBILE: FIGURE NEL PAESAGGIO
LA GUERRE EST DÉCLARÉE
by Valérie Donzelli
Country: France
Year: 2011
Duration: 100'
Juliette and Roméo are young, happy and in love. When they discover the grave illness which has struck their 18-month-old son Adam, their happiness is brutally snatched away and they find themselves having to face the dramatic challenges which life sometimes has in store. Obliged to deal with suffering, Juliette and Roméo transform the battle for their son’s survival into a personal challenge, and discover that they are full of strength and courage. “The film is inspired by my personal story. To me, life is a succession of trials to be overcome, trials that are more or less difficult, more or less happy or dramatic. Slowly but surely, you climb the mountain; everything that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Adam is the outcome of the love between Roméo and Juliette, why has he been struck with this illness? When Roméo asks Juliette, she answers, ‘So we can beat it!’ Thus, it isn’t a matter of good luck or bad luck: in this respect, the challenge acquires an almost mystical dimension.”
Biography
film director
Valérie Donzelli
Valérie Donzelli (Épinal, France, 1973) began her career as an actress with small roles in films like Who Killed Bambi ? (2003) by Gilles Marchand, The Best Day of My Life (2004) by Julie Lipinski and In His Hands (2005) by Anne Fontaine. She made a name for herself with the public with the TV series on France 2 Clara Sheller and Camarades. Alongside her acting career, she debuted as a director with the short Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde, which was presented in Cannes at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in 2008. In 2009, she directed her first feature-length film, La reine des pommes,in which she also starred. La guerre est déclarée was the opening film of the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes in 2011.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde (cm, 2008), La reine des pommes (2009), Madeleine et le facteur (cm, 2010), La guerre est déclarée (2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Valérie Donzelli
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm
fotografia/cinematography
Sébastien Buchmann
montaggio/film editing
Pauline Gaillard
scenografia/production design
Gaëlle Usandivaras
costumi/costume design
Elisabeth Méhu
suono/sound
André Rigaut
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Valérie Donzelli (Juliette), Jérémie Elkaïm (Roméo), César Desseix (Adam a 18 mesi/Adam 18 Months Old), Gabriel Elkaïm (Adam a 8 anni/Adam 8 Years Old), Brigitte Sy (Claudia), Elina Lowensohn (Alex), Michèle Moretti (Geneviève), Philippe Laudenbach (Philippe), Bastien Bouillon (Nikos), Béatrice de Staël (la dottoressa/Dr Prat), Anne Le Ny (la dottoressa/Dr Fitoussi), Frédéric Pierrot (il professor/Professor Sainte-Rose), Elisabeth Dion (la dottoressa/Dr Kalifa)
produttore/producer
Edouard Weil
produzione/production
Rectangle Productions
distribuzione/distribution
Sacher Distribuzione
vendita all’estero/world sales
Wild Bunch
