The Town is Quiet
Synopsis
It's the story of Michèle the fishmonger whose only goal in life is to save her daughter from drug addiction.
... of Paul who betrays his striking docker friends to become a taxi driver.
... of Viviane, a musician, who can no longer stand the realistic Left Wing epitomized by her husband.
... of Abdermane, transformer by time in jail, who wants to help his brothers.
... of Claude who can't get the Extreme Right to listen to him.
... of Gérard whose attitude toward death (his own and others') is a mystery.
... of Paul's parents who are retired and will never vote again.
... of Ameline, whose body gives off a sense of good health that she wants to pass onto others by reminding them of their pre-monotheist origins.
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... of Sarkis who fights for the grand piano of his dreams...
These individual, overlapping stories occur at the same time and in the same place : Marseilles in the year 2000. Faced with an ever-increasing sense of meaninglessness and confusion, they testify that "the city...
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Actors (23)
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- Executive Producers : Gilles Sandoz, Robert Guédiguian
- Screenwriters : Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi
- Director of Photography : Bernard Cavalié
- Music Composer : Jacques Menichetti
- Assistant directors : Carole Guenot, Jacques Reboud
- Editor : Bernard Sasia
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Lafran
- Costume designer : Catherine Keller
- Line Producer : Bruno Ghariani
- Co-producer : Michel Saint-Jean
- Sound Assistant : François Domerc
- Production Manager : Malek Hamzaoui
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Christine Damiens
- Sound Editor : Vincent Commaret
- Assistant editors : Pascale Alibert, Valérie Meffre, Lise Roure
- Production Designer : Michel Vandestien
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
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Stockholm French Film Festival
Sweden, 2002
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