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Elle s'appelle Sabine (2007)



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Associate producer : Thomas Schmitt
Director : Sandrine Bonnaire
Scriptwriter : Sandrine Bonnaire
Actress : Sabine Bonnaire ( Elle-même )
Director of photography : Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Cabrol
Sound mixer : Jean-Bernard Thomasson, Philippe Richard
Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
Film editor : Svetlana Vaynblat
Music Composers : Caro Diaro, Nicola Piovani, Jefferson Lembeye, Walter N'Guyen
Film production and distribution
Film export/Foreign Sales : Wide Management
French distribution : Les Films du Paradoxe
Associate production company : Mosaïque Films
International distribution
Belgium : NC (Belgique)
Released 3/12/08
Brazil : Tabu Arte e Cultura/Estacao Cinema e Cultura
Released N/A
Germany : Eyz Media
Released 11/30/08
Romania : Clorofilms
Released N/A
United Kingdom : ICA Films Limited
Released 6/20/08
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Technical details
Feature film, Documentary
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2007
French release : 30/01/2008
Runtime : 1h 25mn
Current status : Released
Visa issue date : 27/12/2007
Production formats : 35mm
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
Sound format : Dolby SR
Synopsis

An extremely moving portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, an autistic woman, made by her closest sister, French actress Sandrine Bonnaire. It recounts her story through personal archives, shot by the actress over a period of twenty-five years, and gives an account of her life today in a center adapted to her needs. The documentary evokes an endearing personality, whose development and multiple gifts have been crushed by an inadequate and failing health system. After a tragic period of five long years in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine regains her taste for life, even if her capacities remain impaired, in a center in the Charente region. It is a demonstration by example of the lack of specialized centers equipped to cope with the disabled, and the dramatic consequences this engenders.

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