Director : Chris Vander Stappen Actors : Marie Bunel, Hélène Vincent, Mimie Mathy, Tsilla Chelton, Christian Crahay, Macha Grenon, Jacques Lavallée, Marie-Lise Pilote, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Mario Saint-Amand Feature film, Fiction , DramaProduction language : French Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium, Switzerland) French release : 7/4/01 Runtime : 1h 38mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Rendez-Vous ProductionCo-production : Banana FilmsFrench distribution : Velvet FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : SND / M6 DA Synopsis It’s July 14, 1969. Man is readying himself to walk on the moon. On this particular day, Esther imagines that her daughter Sacha will have a prestigious wedding, a quiet life in a pretty house and a brilliant medical career.
On this particular day, after two years spent in Montreal, Sacha returns to Belgium to tell her mother that she has chosen a radically different life.
Sacha’s news unleashes an avalanche of confessions, both funny and sad, cruel and absurd, within the family home.
It’s July 14, 1969. On this night, Man walked on the moon.
For Humanity, nothing has changed. For Sacha’s family, nothing will ever be the same. Festival selections |