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Completed - FRENCH - Black comedy

Log Line

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Samuel BENCHETRIT
Writer(s) : Samuel BENCHETRIT
Cast : Isabelle HUPPERT, Gustave KERVERN, Michael PITT, Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI, Jules BENCHETRIT

Producer(s) : Marie SAVARE, Julien MADON

Synopsis

The strange beauty of a cold urban landscape. Wind and neon, empty geometry. A stingy old man in a wheelchair on a moonlight escapade meets a lonely night nurse. A troubled actress in decline sparks the fascination of a latchkey teen. An American astronaut jettisoned from space onto a high-rise rooftop is taken in by a doting mother. The ordinary turns extraordinary in this story of chance encounters between six solitary people that give rise to surprising moments of compassion and intimacy. Shared moments that reveal human warmth with empathy. The essential humanity in us all.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

ARGENTINA MIRADA DISTRIBU
AUSTRALIA Mar 15, 2016 HI GLOSS ENTERT
CROATIA KINO MEDITERAN
CROATIA MEDITERRANEAN F
FRANCE PARADIS FILMS
GREECE WEIRD WAVE
HUNGARY Jan 01, 2016 CIRKO FILM KFT.
ITALY Mar 24, 2016 CINEMA SRL
JAPAN Sep 03, 2016 MIMOSA FILMS, I
KOREA (Sou CINE LUX
LITHUANIA Oct 14, 2016 KINO PASAKA
PORTUGAL Aug 04, 2016 ALAMBIQUE
SPAIN Mar 10, 2016 SURTSEY FILMS
TURKEY FILMA LTD.
USA INVINCIBLE PICT


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015 Out of Competition


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