De l'autre côté de la mer
Across The Sea
Switzerland, September 2015
FILM,
Fiction,
110 min.
- directed by
- Pierre Maillard
- Written by
- Pierre Maillard
- Status
- In distribution
A former war photographer tries to ward off his personal ghosts by taking pictures of trees only. He lives alone among olive trees in southern Italy. One day he decides to cross the sea. Once in Albania, he goes near the location where he had made his last war picture, as if he was retracing his steps. He finds a tree he wants to photograph. He is just about to do so, when he discovers a runaway girl hiding in it with the sole objective of crossing the sea and getting to the other side. The man has no choice. He has to flee with her, follow her and guide her along until a storm separates them.
Un fotografo di guerra ha fatto una foto «di troppo». Lontano dagli uomini, fotografa ormai solo alberi. Una giovane donna sfugge alla vendetta familiare sperando di raggiungere un futuro di libertà – dall’altra parte del mare. Un prete cattolico dubita della sua fede e cerca di salvare i migranti facendo un patto con il diavolo… Più che un viaggio, un vagabondaggio alla ricerca della redenzione tra le rovine di un’Albania onirica.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2015
- Original Version
- Albanian, Italian, French, English (albanian/italian/french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 110 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-F067-0000-J-0000-0000-H
- Production
- CAB Productions SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Jean-Louis Porchet, Gérard Ruey
- directed by
- Pierre Maillard
- Written by
- Pierre Maillard
- Editing
- Jean Reusser
- Sound Editing
- Gabriel Hafner
- Re-Recording Mix
- François Musy, Gabriel Hafner
- Music
- Fatos Qerimaj
- Location Sound Mix
- Christophe Giovannoni
- Lighting Design
- Eric Walther
- Costumes
- Gerta Oparaku
- Casting
- Vasjan Lami, Vittoria Losavio
Cast
Carlo Brandt as Jean
Kristina Ago as Mira
Michele Venitucci as the priest
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- CAB Productions SA
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Aardvark Film Emporium
Distribution
Release date: 07.04.2016
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2016 - 28.01.2016 -
Genève, 21e Festival Tous Ecrans – Festival international du film de Genève
06.11.2015 - 14.11.2015 -
13th Tirana International Film Festival
28.10.2015 - 05.11.2015 -
Montréal, 39e Festival des films du monde Montréal
27.08.2015 - 07.09.2015