Jonah Who Lived in the Whale
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Production year1994
French release08/06/1994
Runtime1 h 35 min
Synopsis
At the age of five, Jonah is taken from his home in Amsterdam, along with his parents, by soldiers speaking a language he doesn't understand. The family is sent first to a village in the Dutch countryside, then to a transit camp. The little boy has no idea what is going on, but he's sustained by his parents' love, his memories of the past ; and his fundamental sense of security enables him not only to face the sufferings that are inflicted to him, but to observe with a certain equanimity, even humour at times, the details of his strange new life...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : French Production/French Distribution
- Foreign production companies : Jean Vigo International, Focus Film
- French distribution : Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA)
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Emmanuel Schlumberger
- Screenwriters : Filippo Ottoni, Hugh Fleetwood, Roberto Faenza
- Director of Photography : Janos Kende
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Editor : Nino Baragli
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Rochut
- Costume designer : Elisabetta Beraldo
- Foreign producer : Elda Ferri
- Author of original work : Jona Oberski
- Co-producer : Pierre Sayag
- Press Attachés (film) : Stéphane Ribola, Gabrielle Mairesse
- Production designers : Maria Ivanova, Laszlo Gardonyi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
