Newsman

Switzerland, October 2001
FILM, Fiction, 90 min.

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directed by
Yvan Butler
Written by
Yvan Butler
Status
In distribution

While preparing a report on Africa Hugo, a roving newsman, runs into Louis, a doctor he had met 25 years earlier in Cambodia. After being seriously wounded in the course of a humanitarian mission, Louis decides to reveal his dark secret to Hugo. To keep the promise he makes to the dying man, Hugo leaves for Cambodia on what is destined to be a long voyage of discovery.

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World Premiere
October 2001
Original Version
French,  colour, Beta SP, 90 min.
Production
Ciné Manufacture CMS SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Robert Boner
directed by
Yvan Butler
Written by
Yvan Butler
Cinemato­graphy
Thomas Hardmeier
Music
Jean-Philippe Héritier
Location Sound Mix
Dieter Meier
Production Design
Anne-Carmen Vuilleumier
Lighting Design
Eric André

Cast

Jacques Roman
Roger Jendly
Viviana Aliberti

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World Rights
SAGA Production Sàrl

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