LE REFUGE
Hideaway
France
2009
88 minutes
Discovering she's pregnant by her late partner, a recovering drug addict decides to keep the baby against all odds, and becomes fast friends with her gay brother-in-law. Slight, diffuse character study, essentially a two-hander without much of a plot but a great lead performance and solidly observational handling.
Starring Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Louis-Callixte, Claire Vernet, Marie Rivière, Nicolas Moreau, Jérôme Kircher, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Émile Berling.
Directed by François Ozon; produced by Claudie Ossard, Chris Bölzli; written by Mr. Ozon and Mathieu Hippeau; music by Mr. Choisy; director of photography (LTC, Panavision), Mathias Raaflaub; production designer, Katia Wyzskop; costume designer, Pascaline Chavanne; film editor, Muriel Breton.
An Eurowide Film Production/Foz presentation/production, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma; associate producer, Teodora Film; in association with Sofica Coficup, Backup Films; with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma, France 2, Le Pacte. (French distributor and world sales, Le Pacte.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, UCI El Corte Inglés 12 (Lisbon), October 18th 2010.
France
2009
88 minutes
Discovering she's pregnant by her late partner, a recovering drug addict decides to keep the baby against all odds, and becomes fast friends with her gay brother-in-law. Slight, diffuse character study, essentially a two-hander without much of a plot but a great lead performance and solidly observational handling.
Starring Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Louis-Callixte, Claire Vernet, Marie Rivière, Nicolas Moreau, Jérôme Kircher, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Émile Berling.
Directed by François Ozon; produced by Claudie Ossard, Chris Bölzli; written by Mr. Ozon and Mathieu Hippeau; music by Mr. Choisy; director of photography (LTC, Panavision), Mathias Raaflaub; production designer, Katia Wyzskop; costume designer, Pascaline Chavanne; film editor, Muriel Breton.
An Eurowide Film Production/Foz presentation/production, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma; associate producer, Teodora Film; in association with Sofica Coficup, Backup Films; with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma, France 2, Le Pacte. (French distributor and world sales, Le Pacte.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, UCI El Corte Inglés 12 (Lisbon), October 18th 2010.
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