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Completed - ENGLISH - Historical - 125 minutes

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2012 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Sylvie VERHEYDE
Writer(s) : Sylvie VERHEYDE
Cast : Peter DOHERTY, Charlotte GAINSBOURG, August DIEHL, Volker BRUCH, Lily COLE

Producer(s) : Bruno BERTHEMY, Alfred HÜRMER, Peter CARLTON

Synopsis

The Napoleonic Wars are over. Octave loves his mistress Elise - until he witnesses her being unfaithful. Despair leads to decadence. Influenced by his friend Desgenais, Octave becomes the perfect libertine, although this new life fails to satisfy his thirst for the absolute.
Then he meets Brigitte, a young, selfless widow. He has found a new love. At first, she tries to resist. Eventually she gives in. They are in love, but Octave is quickly overcome by suspicion. Doesn’t every woman betray her lover sooner or later? Isn’t Desgenais right when he claims that love doesn’t exist?
In a world where no one any longer believes in anything, can Octave find in his love for Brigitte the strength to believe in the future?

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

AUSTRIA Jul 05, 2013 THIMFILM GMBH
GERMANY Jun 20, 2013 24 BILDER FILM
JAPAN COMSTOCK GROUP
UNITED KIN Dec 07, 2012 THUNDERBIRD REL
USA COHEN MEDIA GRO

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2012 Un Certain Regard


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