Les bas-fonds
Les hommes les meilleurs du pays
Switzerland, May 2000
FILM,
Documentary,
78 min.
- directed by
- Denise Gilliand
- Written by
- Denise Gilliand, Pierre-André Thiébaud
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.rebond-art.ch
Thirty or so homeless people become actors for the space of a few months to interpret the roles of people like themselves in the play “The Lower Depths”, by Maxim Gorky. The story, which is a painful blend of misery, injustice and charity enacted in a world of mud, reflects a deep love of mankind. From the mean streets of reality to this triumph on the stage of Théâtre National de Chaillot, the film shows the most poignant moments of a metamorphosis… of brief duration?
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2000
- Original Version
- French, colour, 35mm, 78 min.
- Production
- PCT Cinéma Télévision SA
- Producer
- Pierre-André Thiébaud
- directed by
- Denise Gilliand
- Written by
- Denise Gilliand, Pierre-André Thiébaud
- Cinematography
- Hans Meier
- Editing
- Karine Sudan
- Location Sound Mix
- Jérôme Ayasse
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- PCT Cinéma Télévision SA
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Moa Distribution Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2001 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Namur, 15e Festival international du film francophone
22.09.2000 - 30.09.2000 -
Nyon, 31e Festival int. du cinéma Documentaire
01.05.2000 - 07.05.2000