In the Paris airport complex not far from Roissy, two unknown people are trying to give meaning to their lives. The experienced French director and representative of writer-director moviemaking here reconfirms her reputation as an uncompromising and original filmmaker who initiates a discourse with her audience, allowing viewers to stop for a moment and think about the sense and direction of their own ways of life.
In the Paris airport complex not far from Roissy, two unknown people are trying to give meaning to their lives. The first of these is an American engineer who, finding himself under great professional and emotional pressure, suddenly decides to radically change the course of his life. The other is a young chambermaid who undergoes a life-altering supernatural experience. The skilled French director and representative of writer-director moviemaking here reconfirms her reputation as an uncompromising and original filmmaker who opens up a discourse with her audience, allowing viewers to stop for a moment and think about the sense and direction of their own ways of life. Pascale Ferran’s genius stems from her ability to spice up her essayistic and philosophical work with absurd humor, uncommon stylistic approaches, and a visually vivid and intriguing form. The movie was rightfully among the most discussed titles of Cannes’ Un certain regard section.
128 min / Color, DCP
Director Pascale Ferran
/ Screenplay Pascale Ferran, Guillaume Bréaud
/ Dir. of Photography Julien Hirsch
/ Music Béatrice Thiriet
/ Editor Mathilde Muyard
/ Producer Denis Freyd
/ Production Archipel 35
/ Coproduction France 2 Cinéma, Titre et Structure Production
/ Cast Josh Charles, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy Zem
/ Contact Playtime
Pascale Ferran (b. 1960, Paris) is an actress, screenwriter, and director. After attending Paris’s IDHEC film school in 1980-83, she cooperated on a number of documentaries, videos, made-for-TV movies, short films and features. One of her shorts, The Kiss (Le baiser, 1990), screened at Cannes. In 1997 her second feature The Age of Possibilities (L’âge des possibles) screened in Another View at Karlovy Vary. Her writer-director first effort Coming to Terms with the Dead (Petits arrangements avec les morts, 1994) took the Caméra d’Or at Cannes. Her novel adaptation Lady Chatterley picked up the Louis Delluc and Lumière prizes and five Césars, and was presented in 2007 to Karlovy Vary audiences in the Horizons section. Her latest picture Bird People, whose script she cowrote, played the Un certain regard section at Cannes this year.
Playtime
5 rue Nicolas Flamel, 75004, Paris
France
Phone: +33 153 103 399
E-mail: [email protected]
Camille Segura
Sales Agent
First-hand brews throughout the year.
Be among the first to learn about upcoming events and other news. We only send the newsletter when we have something to say.
