Les grandes ondes (à l'ouest)

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Switzerland / France / Portugal, August 2013
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by
Lionel Baier
Written by
Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux
Status
In distribution
Website
ritaproductions.com/les-grandes-ondes
IMDb Link
imdb.com

It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.

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World Premiere
August 2013
Original Version
French, Portuguese (english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 85 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-6CAA-0000-B-0000-0000-4
Production
Rita Productions, Bande à part Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Les Films Pelléas, Filmes do Tejo
Producer
Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Philippe Martin, Maria Joao Mayer, François d'Artemare, Lionel Baier, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Ursula Meier, Frédéric Mermoud
directed by
Lionel Baier
Written by
Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux
Cinemato­graphy
Patrick Lindenmaier
Editing
Pauline Gaillard
Sound Editing
Raphaël Sohier
Re-Recording Mix
Stéphane Thiébaut
Music
George Gershwin
Location Sound Mix
Henri Maïkoff
Costumes
Françoise Nicolet

Cast

Valérie Donzelli
Michel Vuillermoz
Patrick Lapp
Francisco Belard
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Adrien Barazzone
Serge Bozon

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Worldwide Distribution

Argentina
Zeta Films srl Distribution
Release date: 17.04.2014
Austria
Thimfilm GmbH Distribution
Release date: 17.07.2015
Brazil
Pandora Filmes Distribution
Chile
Zeta Films srl Distribution
France
Happiness Distribution Distribution
Release date: 12.02.2014
Paraguay
Zeta Films srl Distribution
Portugal
Midas Filmes Distribution
Switzerland
Pathé Films AG Distribution
Release date: 18.09.2013
Uruguay
Zeta Films srl Distribution

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