An exhausted militant wants to take a break from the incessant frenzy surrounding him. His country’s dictatorship is on its last legs and chaos reigns. His wife Sylvie leaves their country for France. She writes about the new democracy struggling to be born back home. His daughter Joyce must hide out in the deserted childhood home in the solitude and infinity of the Black Beach. Several adversaries – the militia of a hazy regime in his native land and the Paris police – wage a strange game of chess in which he is the pawn. Threats abound and he’s haunted by his past, his fears, dead friends. He has three allies: his wife, his daughter, and an old girlfriend from his fighting days. After our hero undergoes a fake execution, he no longer knows what awaits him. Throughout the world, people accept their lot and settle down to lives of unruliness and bloody history. Is there still room in today’s world for a man like our hero who can’t help but have his head in the clouds?
Synopsis
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (6)
Executive Producer :
Foreign production companies :
Héritage Films, Madragoa Filmes, Filmograph SA, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
French distribution :
Co-production :
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Full credits (12)
Executive Producer :
Screenwriters :
Michel Piccoli, Ludivine Clerc
Director of photography :
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Editor :
Costume designers :
Catherine Gorne-Achdjian, Malgorzata Gwiazdecka, Isabel Branco
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Foreign producers :
Sound recordists :
Brigitte Taillandier, Jean-Claude Laureux, Hans Kunzi
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Production designers :
Dorota Ignaczak, Isabel Branco
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
FictionProduction language :
FrenchCoproducer countries :
France, Portugal, Poland, SwitzerlandOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Majority French (France, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland)Production year :
2001French release :
12/12/2001Runtime :
1 h 53 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
99.668Visa issue date :
12/12/2001Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorAspect ratio :
1.66Audio format :
Dolby SRDPosters (1)
