Les Gardiennes
The Guardians
France / Switzerland / Monaco / Belgium, September 2017
FILM,
Fiction,
134 min.
- directed by
- Xavier Beauvois
- Written by
- Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- ritaproductions.com/les-gardiennes
- IMDb Link
- imdb.com
1915. The Paridier farm. A mother and her daughter take over when their men leave for the front. They work tirelessly, their lives marked by hard work and their men’s rare visits on leave. Hortense, the oldest, hires a young ward of the state to help: Francine, who believes that she has finally found a family.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2017
- Original Version
- French, colour, DCP, 134 min.
- Production
- Les Films du Worso, Rita Productions, KNM, Versus Production, Pathé International, Orange Studio, France 3 Cinéma, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Sylvie Pialat, Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Michel Merkt
- directed by
- Xavier Beauvois
- Written by
- Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau
- Cinematography
- Caroline Champetier
- Editing
- Marie-Julie Maille
- Sound Editing
- Loïc Prian
- Sound Design
- Michel Legrand
- Re-Recording Mix
- Sylvain Thiellin
- Music
- Michel Legrand
- Location Sound Mix
- Michel Legrand
- Lighting Design
- Stéphane BOURGOIN, Thibault de Saint-André
- Costumes
- Anne-Cécile Le Quere
- Casting
- Marie-Eve Hildbrand
Cast
Nathalie Baye
Iris Bry
Laura Smet
Cyril Descours
Gilbert Bonneau
Olivier Rabourdin
Nicolas Giraud
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Pathé International
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Pathé International
Distribution
Release date: 06.12.2017 - Switzerland
-
Praesens Film AG
Distribution
Release date: 06.12.2017
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Munich, 36. Filmfest München
28.06.2018 - 07.07.2018 -
Hong Kong, 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival
19.03.2018 - 05.04.2018 -
Solothurn, 53. Solothurner Filmtage
25.01.2018 - 01.02.2018 -
Mar del Plata, 32° Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
17.11.2017 - 26.11.2017 -
Seville, 14° Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo
03.11.2017 - 11.11.2017 -
Genève, 23e Geneva International Film Festival GIFF
03.11.2017 - 11.11.2017 -
Tokyo, 30th Tokyo International Film Festival
25.10.2017 - 03.11.2017 -
La Roche-sur-Yon, Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon
16.10.2017 - 22.10.2017 -
Ghent, 44th International Film Festival Ghent
10.10.2017 - 20.10.2017 -
London, 61st BFI London Film Festival
04.10.2017 - 15.10.2017
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Toronto, 42nd Toronto International Film Festival
07.09.2017 - 17.09.2017