What's Life?Directed by François Dupeyron
Produced by Salomé
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 15 min
French release : 08/09/1999
Production year : 1999
DirectorActorsSynopsisNicolas, the son of a farmer, lives with his parents and his grandparents.
His life revolves around his outings to night clubs and the daily tasks of
herding cows. His father is deeply in debt, putting the farm in jeopardy,
and Nicolas no longer knows what he wants to do. Then he falls under the
spell of Maria, a beautiful woman a little older than himself, who lives on
the mountain plateau with her two children. Meanwhile, back at home,
problems build up, taking a turn for the worse: the family is obliged to
give up the farm. Nicolas' attempts to find a solution meet with failure.
It's then that a saying of his father's comes back to him: "A farmer won't
die of hunger as long as he has a farm and seeds to sow." High up on the
mountain, there's a deserted farmhouse.
There's also Maria‡” AboutOne night after the shoot, I walked past the stable, it was late, the cows were lying down, their heavy bodies stretched out on the straw. It was extraordinarily calm, peaceful. I stayed there and listened to their breathing, breathing in the same air, thinking about nothing. It was as though I'd been invited to share this calm, melt into it. My tiredness, the day's worries all disappeared. This is what I try to transmit in the film. François Dupeyron - Director, excerpt from press folder Production photos (3)
Production and distributionAssociate production company : Salomé
Co-production : France 3 Cinéma, Diaphana Films
Film export/Foreign Sales : FTD International Cinéma
French distribution : Diaphana Films
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Maurice Bernart
Assistant Director : Dominique Heinry
Screenwriter : François Dupeyron
Director of Photography : Tetsuo Nagata
Sound Recordists : Pierre Gamet, Gérard Lamps, Bernard Chaumeil, Stéphane Reichart
Assistant Operator : Julien Bureau
Production Managers : Claude Albouze, Angelo Barbagallo
Press Attachés (film) : Robert Schlockoff, Cédric Landemaine
Editor : Bernard Sasia
Continuity supervisor : Sylvie Koechlin
Production Designer : Patrick Durand
Music Composers : Michel Portal, Brian Yamakoshi
Costume Designer : Catherine Bouchard
Sales Agent : Jacques-Eric Strauss
Still Photographer : Moune Jamet
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1999
French release : 08/09/1999
Runtime : 1 h 15 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 95.035
Visa issue date : 03/08/1999
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
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