Veloma
Synopsis
Philippe comes well and truly last in a round-the-world solo sailing competition. No skin off the sponsor’s nose; this way he’s in the news! After this long absence, Philippe doesn’t find it easy fitting back into daily life – however harmonious – with his translator girlfriend, Lucie, and his six-year-old son Vincent. He’s assailed by a kind of land-sickness. During an ordinary sailing trip, he simply disappears into the open sea off La Rochelle.
His body can’t be found, making it difficult for those near to him to truly grieve as there’s no tangible proof of his death. Lucie fights grief and refuses to accept his death. Little by little, she unearths or invents several mysteries surrounding his disappearance.
He’d taken out life insurance and lent a considerable amount of money to a Madagascan friend who’d set himself up as a stringed instrument manufacturer in Paris. Lucie desperately denies Philippe’s death by refusing the assurance money.
She even manages to convince Guy-Auguste, the insurance agent, to take his investigation as far as Madagascar to search for a man presumed dead.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Lancelot Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Wide
- French distribution : Mondo Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Christian Tison
- Screenwriters : Marie De Laubier, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Alexis Galmot
- Director of photography : Emmanuelle Collinot
- Editor : Paul Laubier (De)
- Sound Recordist : Jacques Ballay
- Production Manager : Pascal Metge
- Press Attaché (film) : Frédérique Giezendanner
- Production Designer : Ioannis Lazarou
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 2000
- French release : 17/07/2002
- Runtime : 1 h 50 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 97.269
- Visa issue date : 17/04/2002
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
