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Completed - FRENCH - Black comedy

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2011 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2012 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Frédéric FONTEYNE
Writer(s) : Frédéric FONTEYNE, Anne PAULICEVICH, Philippe BLASBAND
Cast : François DAMIENS, Sergi LOPEZ, Jan HAMMENECKER, Anne PAULICEVICH, Zacharie CHASSERIAUD

Producer(s) : Patrick QUINET (Artémis Productions & Liaison Cinématographique), Claude WARINGO (Samsa Film), Christophe ROSSIGNON (Nord-Ouest Productions)

Synopsis

JC is a prison guard.
He is a man without a story, hiding behind the rules. He only has one fantasy : tango dancing. One night, in dance class, JC meets Alice. They dance together.
The next day, he sees her again in the prison visiting room. First visiting one man, then another.
Alice is the wife of two inmates Fernand and Dominic, whom she follows with her son from prison to prison.
The prison rules prohibit the guards from socializing with inmates’ family members.
For the first time in his life, JC is about to break the rules…

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE

Start of shooting : May 2011

Festivals and Awards

La Biennale di Venezia - Venice FF 2012 - Orizzonti (Special Jury Price)
Warsaw FF 2012 - Int'l Competition (Warsaw Grand Prix)


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