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Bitter Victory

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Bitter Victory

Directed by François Favrat
Produced by Les Films du Kiosque
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 45 min
French release : 02/12/2009
Production year : 2008

Director

François
Favrat

Actors

Synopsis

Xavier Alvarez is a small-time architect from Aix-en-Provence perpetually searching for social recognition. He set himself up in business and prospers, but can't manage to secure an important public works contract that would fulfill his dreams of greatness.

He therefore decides to throw himself body and soul into the electoral campaign of Vincent Cluzet, the outsider candidate running for mayor. Xavier is convinced that Cluzet will return the favor if he is elected.

By dint of effort and cunning, he manages to discredit the favorite and to get his protégé elected. But their sincere friendship, formed during the conquest of power, transforms when it comes up against the limits of personal interest and ambition.

Production photos (8)

Bitter Victory

Press book (1)

bitter-victory-2009-press-kit-french-1.pdf

Production and distribution

Associate production company : Les Films du Kiosque
Co-production : France 2 Cinéma, Mars films
Film export/Foreign Sales : SND Groupe M6
French distribution : Mars Distribution
News agency (France) : B.C.G.

Full credits

Executive Producers : Denis Pineau-Valencienne, François Kraus
Assistant Director : Ivan Fegyveres
Screenwriters : François Favrat, Stéphane Cabel
Director of Photography : Giovanni Fiore Coltellaci
Sound Recordist : Antoine Deflandre
Production Manager : Marianne Germain
Press Attachés (film) : Myriam Bruguière, Olivier Guigues
Editors : Samuel Danési, Luc Barnier
Sound Editors : Germain Boulay, Serge Rouquairol
Continuity supervisor : Sandrine Bourgoin
Production Designer : Denis Mercier
Music Composers : Frédéric Fortuny, Jeff Hallam
Casting : Françoise Menidrey, Antoine Carrard
Costume Designer : Nathalie Raoul
Sound Mixer : Stéphane Thiébaut
Location Manager : Christophe Grandière
Storyboard : Gilles Graziano

Technical details

Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Thriller
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2008
French release : 02/12/2009
Runtime : 1 h 45 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 111.444
Visa issue date : 02/11/2009
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Sound format : Dolby DTS