Stolen Life
Synopsis
Three women live together in an old rectory on the seashore. Alda lends her body to a string of carnal relationships but never commits her feelings. Olga, the elder sister, has opted for a reclusive life as the soul of the household. Her daughter, Sigga, is a young adolescent. The house harbors a finely balanced marriage between desire and memory—until Olga’s destiny tips the scales.
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Actors (12)
Production and distribution (3)
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Louis Livi
- Screenwriters : Yves Angelo, Nancy Huston
- Director of Photography : Pierre Lhomme
- Assistant Director : Philippe Chapus
- Editor : Thierry Derocles
- Sound recordists : Pierre Gamet, Gérard Lamps
- Costume designer : Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle
- Line Producer : Bernard Marescot
- Sound Assistant : Bernard Chaumeil
- Assistant Operator : David Grinberg
- Production Manager : Marc Vadé
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Assistant Editor : Claude Broutin
- Continuity supervisor : Véronique Lagrange
- Production Designer : Jean-Baptiste Poirot
- Casting : Margot Capelier
- Sound mixers : Gérard Lamps, Jean-Paul Hurier
- Still Photographer : Dominique Le Strat
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 09/09/1998
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 92.446
- Visa issue date : 04/09/1998
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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News & awards
Selections (2)
Cairo - International Film Festival
Egypt, 1998
Out of Competition
About
Alda took over her dead sister’s place in the same way that Olga, the character I play, took over the role of the mother. ‘Stolen Life’ is about time, generations that step into each other’s shoes and a shared memory that secretly holds a family together. What appealed to me was the relation-ship between the two sisters. I find the devotion they have for each other, that love that goes all the way, very beautiful. And I loved playing a lonely person. It’s a very rich part. Olga is a very solid person from the others’ point of view. She keeps her fragility to herself. She doesn’t show her feelings or complain. You can’t explain her. I still have all kinds of questions about her. She’s like the film. It stirred me up a lot when I saw it: so gentle on the surface and so violent underneath. (Sandrine Bonnaire in “Le Figaro”, September 5th 1998)
