Of Women & Magic
Synopsis
Claire is an anthropology student, an eternal student now hitting her thirties. Her life is an accumulation of anxieties and frustrations. Her parents are mediocre, her little sister is a mess, her boyfriend is married and, most scary of all, the presentation of her thesis looms up ahead.
Psychosomatic reaction it may be, but Claire falls ill. She suffers from terrible migraines to such a degree that her doctor has her admitted to a neurology ward.
Her roommates are a young woman paralyzed in both legs and an old biddy who is practically senile. Claire’s tragi-comic experiences in their company and the growing compassion that she feels are part of a healing process. The confrontation with the suffering of others helps Claire regain her strength.
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Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Télécip, Les Films de la Boissière, ARTE France
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films de la Boissière
- French distributors : Tadrart Films, UGC Distribution
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Annie Miller, Jacques Fansten
- Screenwriter : Claude Miller
- Director of Photography : Philippe Welt
- Assistant Director : Hervé Ruet
- Editor : Véronique Lange
- Sound Recordist : Pascal Armant
- Costume designers : Jacqueline Bouchard, Catherine Bouchard
- Author of original work : Siri Hustvedt
- Camera operators : Philippe Welt, Nathan Miller
- Production Manager : Hervé Ruet
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Sound Editor : Hubert Persat
- Assistant editor : Albane Peñaranda
- Production Designer : Boris Piot
- Foley artist : Jean-Pierre Lelong
- Sales Agent : Patrick Binet
- Sound Mixer : Philippe Heissler
- Unit Production Manager : Marion Transetti
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Medicine, Illness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
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Selections (12)
Istanbul Film Festival
Turkey , 2001
From the World of Festivals
BFI London Film Festival
Great Britain, 2000
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