CAST

Eka Esther Gorintin

Marina Nino Khomassouridze

Ada Dinara Droukarova

Tenguiz Temour Kalandadze

Roussiko Roussoudan Bolkvadze

Alexo Sacha Sarichvili

Niko Douta Skhirtladze

Dora Mzia Eristavi
Neighbour (Mika) Zoura Natroshvili
Cardiologist Nodar Mdzinarishvili
First Businessman Jacques Fleury
First Postwoman Manon Abashidze
University Professor Irina Tukhulova
Father Alexi Iago Demetrashvili
Photographer Vaja Djalagania
Flight Attendant Sarah Chaumette
Dora's Son Misha Eristavi
Official Alexandre Makharoblishvili
Factory Manager Misha Mujiri
Second Businessman Frédéric Payen
Second Postwoman Manana Taralashvili
Neighbor Woman Medea Roinshvili
Otar (in photograph) Gocha Darbaidze
Cab Driver Malanime Sissokho

Directed by Julie Bertuccelli
Screenplay by Julie Bertuccelli and Bernard Renucci
Adapted by Roger Bohbot
Cinematography Christophe Pollock
Sound Henri Morelle
Picture Edit Emmanuelle Castro
Sound Edit Olivier Goinard
Sound Mix Thomas Gauder
1st AD Gabrièle Roux
Continuity Els Rastelli
Executive Producer Yaël Fogiel
Casting Stéphane Batut
Production Design Emmanuel de Chauvigny
Make-up & Hair Mzia Kentchiachvili
Costumes Nathalie Raoul
Production Management Mat Troi Day
Production Yaël Fogiel
Associate Producer Laetitia Gonzalez
Co-producer, Belgium Diana Elbaum
Line Producer, Georgia Jana Sardlichvili

A Franco-Belgian co-production by Les Films du Poisson
with ARTE France Cinema ­ Entre Chien et Loup ­ Studio 99
with the participation of Canal +, with the support of the French National Film Centre, Eurimages, Film Centre of the French-speaking Community of Belgium, Wallon TV Distributors, in collaboration with RTBF (Belgian TV), with the support of Procirep, the Loire Valley Production Centre, the Centre Region's writers' assistance programme and the Beaumarchais Association.

Developed with ACE ­ European Cinema Workshops

Music

"Liberté la Nuit", "Valse Nostalgique"
by Antoine Duhamel,
performed by the Rosamonde Quartet and Elisabeth Saglier Duhamel on piano, conducted by Leonardo Gasparini and recorded in the Lebanese Church by Igor Kirkwood

"Spiegel im Speigel", "Für Alina"
by Arvo Pärt

"Poissons"
by Dato Evgenidze, "Concert Horoscope",
Auditorium de Saint-Germain-des-Prés

 

France, 2003, 102 mins, Color, 35mm, 1.85:1, Dolby SRD
In French, Georgian and Russian with English subtitles.

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© 2004 Zeitgeist Films Ltd.