Country: France
Year: 2016
Duration: 98'
Thomas and Thomas have much more in common than just their name: they are both penniless actors in Paris and are going through a complicated moment. Uncertain about what steps to take, they decide to leave and what better destination than the isolated village in Greenland where the father of one of them lives? No sooner said than done; the two find themselves grappling with ice, raw whale meat, and a difficult language which is the only way to communicate with the local inhabitants, who couldn’t be more different from the Parisians… A perfect combination to put their friendship to the test. [rm]
Biography
film director
Sébastien Betbeder
(Pau, France, 1975) studied at Le Fresnoy and has made numerous shorts, including Les mains d’Andréa (2006). That same year, he directed his first feature film, Nuage, selected at Locarno. In 2008, he presented La vie lointaine at the Torino Film Festival, and the next year the short Toutes les montagnes se ressemblent, directed in collaboration with Christelle Lheureux. In 2010, he shot Yoshido (Les autres vies), selected in Paris and Rotterdam. In 2012 premiered with Les nuits avec Théodore at Onde section, and the following year he won in Turin the Jury Special Prize with 2 automnes 3 hivers. He then presented in Turin the short Inupiluk (2014) and the comedy Ulysse & Mona (2018).
FILMOGRAFIA
La fragilité des revenants (cm, 1999), Le haut mal (cm, 2000), Des voix alentour (cm, 2003), Nu devant un fantôme (cm, 2005), Les mains d’Andréa (cm, 2006), Nuage (2007), La vie lointaine (mm, 2008), Toutes les montagnes se ressemblent (coregia Christelle Lheureux, cm, 2009), The Unbroken Line (cm, 2010), Yoshido (Les autres vies) (mm, 2010), Sarah Adams (cm, 2011), Les nuits avec Théodore (2012), 2 automnes 3 hivers (2013), Inupiluk (cm, 2014), Le film que nous tournerons au Groenland (cm, 2015), Marie et les naufragés (2016), Le voyage au Groenland (Viaggio in Groenlandia, 2016), Albin de la Simone: Dans la tête (video, 2017), Ulysse & Mona (2018), Debout sur la montagne (2019), Jusqu'à l'os (cm, 2019), Planète triste (cm, 2022), Tout fout le camp (2022), Mimi de Douarnenez (mm, 2023).
Declaration
film director
“My producer’s brother Nicolas Dubreuil is an explorer who lives six months a year in Kullorsuaq, one of the most remote villages of Greenland. In late spring 2013, he asked me if I was interested by making a film about two of his Inuit friends, Ole and Adam, coming to France for the first time during ten days. I didn’t feel that I had the legitimacy to do a documentary on their stay, but proposed him instead to create a fiction where reality would prevail.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/director, story, screenplay
Sébastien Betbeder
fotografia/cinematography
Sébastien Godefroy
montaggio/film editing
Céline Canard
suono/sound
Roman Dymny
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Thomas Blanchard (Thomas), Thomas Scimeca (Thomas), François Chattot (Nathan), Ole Eliassen (Ole), Adam Eskilden (Adam), Benedikte Eliassen, Mathias Petersen, Judith Henry, Martin Jensen
produttore/producer
Frédéric Dubreuil
produzione/production
Envie de Tempête Productions
coproduttori/coproducers
William Jéhannin, Stéphane Auclaire, Louise Hentgen
coproduzione/coproduction
UFO Distribution, Bobi Lux
contatti/contacts
Cercamon
Sebastien Chesneau
sebastien@cercamon.biz
www.cercamon.biz
Sébastien Betbeder
fotografia/cinematography
Sébastien Godefroy
montaggio/film editing
Céline Canard
suono/sound
Roman Dymny
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Thomas Blanchard (Thomas), Thomas Scimeca (Thomas), François Chattot (Nathan), Ole Eliassen (Ole), Adam Eskilden (Adam), Benedikte Eliassen, Mathias Petersen, Judith Henry, Martin Jensen
produttore/producer
Frédéric Dubreuil
produzione/production
Envie de Tempête Productions
coproduttori/coproducers
William Jéhannin, Stéphane Auclaire, Louise Hentgen
coproduzione/coproduction
UFO Distribution, Bobi Lux
contatti/contacts
Cercamon
Sebastien Chesneau
sebastien@cercamon.biz
www.cercamon.biz
