FRANCE
2009 / WORLD PREMIERE
1H15 / IN COLOR / 35mm
IN FRENCH

Synopsis
In the middle of nowhere, an inner city neighborhood that has been deserted by it’s inhabitants several years ago.
And yet, some people have decided to stay, more by choice than necessity, because they were either born, or grew up there.
Amongst them is Francis, a conscientious factory worker who continues to repair the machine that he has worked on all his life ; Samir, his son, who returns after a long absence ; but also Maria, the neighbor, who lives alone with her son José, who believes his father is Gary Cooper.
Everyday he waits for him in the street of this modern no man’s land, which resembles uncannily a Western movie set…

director: Nassim Amaouche
screenplay: Nassim Amaouche
cinematography: Samuel Collardey
sound: Dana Farzanehpour
editing: Julien Lacheray
production design: Dan Bevan
music: Le Trio Joubran

cast:
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Dominique Reymond
Yasmine Belmadi
Mhamed Arezki
Alexandre Bonnin
Sabrina Ouazani
Hab-Eddine Sebiane

Biographie Nassim Amaouche In 2003, he directed his first short movie De l’autre côté. The film has been selected in many festivals, Cannes Semaine de la Critique, Locarno, Venice (collateral section), Clermont-Ferrand, and received the breakthrough prize of the French Union of Film Critics, the special jury prize of the Poitiers Fim Festival, the best film award at the Tangier Film festival and the quality prize of the CNC. He directed, in 2005, Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux, a documentary shot at the Iraqi border, on the Jordanian side. The film has been selected at the Venice Film Festival, at the Locarno Festival, at the Cinema du Réel Film Festival (Paris)… and won many awards including the Press Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.   Filmography 2003   De l’autre côté (short) 2005   Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux (doc) 2009   Adieu Gary (feature)

Production
LES FILMS A4
Christian Bérard – Jean-Philippe Andraca
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coproduction
STUDIO CANAL
RHÔNE-ALPES CINÉMA

Distribution
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Cannes – 1er étage
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International Sales
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French press
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News
122 000 spectators in France (distributed by Studio Canal)

AWARDS
Best French First Feature Film – 2009 French Union of Film Critics Awards
Grand Awards de la Semaine de la Critique – Cannes 2009

 

Festivals
Festival du film francophone de Namur - 2009
Dubai International Film Festival - 2009