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iXième

A Prisoner's Diary

Switzerland, August 2003
FILM, Fiction, 105 min.

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directed by
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Stéphane Blok
Written by
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Stéphane Blok, Heinz Dill
Status
In distribution
Website
www.ixieme.com

Poetic and visually arresting, mockumentary “iXieme” records the last 200 days of a prisoner's house arrest, before he disappears. Electronically tagged with a chip, prisoner and protagonist Eric Suger is confined to his four walls in an anonymous high rise. His only contact to the outside world consists of visits from his talkative parole officer, a couple of friends and, as Suger descends into increasing loneliness, from prostitutes. Shot on digi camera, longing and alienation are expertly conveyed through striking imagery and sound effects. The filmmakers make subtle and often humorous critiques of an atomized society where everything is available online apart from true companionship and love.

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World Premiere
August 2003
Original Version
French, Digi Beta, 105 min.
Production
DH Film Service, Momentum Production, Productions Les Hérétiques, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Heinz Dill, Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Stéphane Blok
directed by
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Stéphane Blok
Written by
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Stéphane Blok, Heinz Dill
Cinemato­graphy
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
Editing
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
Music
Stéphane Blok
Location Sound Mix
Fred Kohler

Cast

Louis-Charles Finger
Celine Bolomey
Vincent Kucholl
Jean-Marc Morel
Christine Brammeier

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DH Film Service

Worldwide Distribution

France
Heure Exquise Distribution

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