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Fourbi

Switzerland / France, March 1996
FILM, Fiction, 114 min.

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directed by
Alain Tanner
Written by
Alain Tanner
Status
In distribution

A large private television channel has just been established in Switzerland. A communications company is given the task of drawing up concepts for programmes and decides to buy the rights for the stories of various criminals from which to produce films. Rosemonde decides to sell her story. Eight years ago, she killed a man who tried to violate her. As there were no witnesses, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Kevin, a film producer, charges Paul, a young writer, with the task of writing the scenario relating Rosemonde's life at the time. However, she appears to be incapable of recalling her past and clams up when Paul approaches her with the questions he needs to ask her. Marie, a young actress, is then asked to visit Rosemonde and in exchange is promised the role in the film if she can make her talk. The film relates the strange relationship between the two women who begin to develop a friendship…

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World Premiere
March 1996
Original Version
French (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 114 min.
Production
Filmograph SA, Noë Production
Producer
directed by
Alain Tanner
Written by
Alain Tanner
Cinemato­graphy
Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Monika Goux
Music
Michel Wintsch
Production Design
Ivan Niclass

Cast

Cécile Tanner
Antoine Basler
Robert Bouvier as a.o.

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Association Alain Tanner AAT

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution

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