Country: France
Year: 2016
Duration: 98'
Mathieu is in his early thirties. He was raised by his single mother and grew up believing he was the result of a one-night stand with a stranger. But when he receives a phone call, he discovers the identity of his father, a Canadian who recently passed away. He also finds out that he has two brothers. Mathieu decides to meet them and sets off for Montreal, where he has to come to terms with the disappointment of being the only one interested in that family reunion. [mp]
Biography
film director
Philippe Lioret
Philippe Lioret (Paris, France, 1955) entered the world of cinema by working as a sound technician for directors such as Robert Altman and Michel Deville. In 1994, he debuted as a director with Tombés du ciel. Three years later he shot the comedy Tenue correcte exigée, followed in 2001 by Mademoiselle, starring Sandrine Bonnaire. In 2004 his film L’èquipier received three nominations for César awards. After two shorts in the collective film Tête de gondole (2005), he made Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas, for which the actors Mélanie Laurent and Kad Mérad each received a César.
FILMOGRAFIA
Tombés du ciel (1994), 3000 scénarios contre un virus (ep. La Sirène, TV, 1994), Tenue correcte exigée (1997), Pas d’histoires! 12 regards sur le racisme au quotidien (ep. Pas d’histoire, 2001), Mademoiselle (2001), L’équipier (2004), Tête de gondole (ep. Tue l’amour, ep. Vache qui rit, 2005 ), Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas (2006), Welcome (2009).
Declaration
film director
“I had read Jean-Paul Dubois’s novel a long time ago, and even though I didn’t know what film to make of it, it meant something special to me and I couldn’t put the book away on the shelf. After Welcome and All Our Desires, I wanted a sunny film and a starting point which is not in the book, but which the book inspired, came to mind: a man discovers he’s got two brothers he didn’t know about and wants to meet them. We got the rights for the book, but I didn’t reopen it; it’s only been a source of inspiration, a starting point. But without it, there wouldn’t have been a film.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Philippe Lioret
soggetto/story
dal romanzo/from the novel Si ce livre pouvait me rapprocher de toi di/by Jean-Paul Dubois
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Philippe Lioret, Nathalie Carter
fotografia/cinematography
Philippe Guilbert
montaggio/film editing
Andréa Sedlackova
scenografia/production design
Colombe Raby, Yves Brover
musica/music
Flemming Nordkrog
suono/sound
Jean-Marie Blondel, Éric Tisserand, Germain Boulay
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Pierre Deladonchamps (Mathieu), Gabriel Arcand (Pierre), Catherine de Léan (Bettina), Marie-Thérèse Fortin (Angie), Pierre-Yves Cardinal (Sam), Patrick Hivon (Ben), Lilou Moreau-Champagne (Anna), Milla Moreau-Champagne (Rose), Hortense Monsaingeon (Marina), Romane Portail (Carine), Timothy Vom Dorp (Valentin), Martin Laroche (Rémi)
produttori/producers
Marielle Duigou, Philippe Lioret
produzione/production
Fin Août
coproduttori/coproducers
Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
coproduzione/coproduction
Item 7, France 3 Cinéma
contatti/contacts
Les Films du Losange
Lise LZ. Zipci
l.zipci@filmsdulosange.fr
www.filmsdulosange.fr
Philippe Lioret
soggetto/story
dal romanzo/from the novel Si ce livre pouvait me rapprocher de toi di/by Jean-Paul Dubois
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Philippe Lioret, Nathalie Carter
fotografia/cinematography
Philippe Guilbert
montaggio/film editing
Andréa Sedlackova
scenografia/production design
Colombe Raby, Yves Brover
musica/music
Flemming Nordkrog
suono/sound
Jean-Marie Blondel, Éric Tisserand, Germain Boulay
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Pierre Deladonchamps (Mathieu), Gabriel Arcand (Pierre), Catherine de Léan (Bettina), Marie-Thérèse Fortin (Angie), Pierre-Yves Cardinal (Sam), Patrick Hivon (Ben), Lilou Moreau-Champagne (Anna), Milla Moreau-Champagne (Rose), Hortense Monsaingeon (Marina), Romane Portail (Carine), Timothy Vom Dorp (Valentin), Martin Laroche (Rémi)
produttori/producers
Marielle Duigou, Philippe Lioret
produzione/production
Fin Août
coproduttori/coproducers
Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
coproduzione/coproduction
Item 7, France 3 Cinéma
contatti/contacts
Les Films du Losange
Lise LZ. Zipci
l.zipci@filmsdulosange.fr
www.filmsdulosange.fr
