Boesman & Lena

“Boesman & Lena” attempts to describe the life of a couple caught between passion and habit. Outside the social conditions depicted in the film, the experience it describes is a universal one. The story’s setting is nature at its most primitive. Earth, water, air and fire are an integral part of Boesman and Lena’s existence: the four elements supply an essential backdrop against which their drama unfolds. All that we can hope for from life is courage, dignity, and maybe a certain kind of love mixed with anxiety and suffering. The film’s aim is to allow us feel this hope. It should also give a meaning to our confusing battles. We struggle, stumble through the chaos of our existence, fight to find lucidity, even if it be minimal and fleeting. A sense of worth and exaltation comes to whoever engages in this struggle , and it gives a certain meaning to existence. My most precious desire is to express all this with a crazy passion and a luminous clarity.” – John Berry.

• Type : Feature film
• Genres : Fiction
  
• Sub-genre : Drama
  
• Themes : Racial discrimination
  
• Production language : English
• Production country : France
• Original French-language productions : No
  
• Nationality : 100% French (France)
  
• Production year : 2000
• French release : 04/04/2001
  
• Runtime : 1 h 29 min
  
• Current status : Released
  
• Visa number : 98.097
  
• Visa issue date : 13/09/2000
  
• Approval : Yes
  
• Production formats : 35mm
• Color type : Color
  
• Aspect ratio : 1.66
  
• Audio format : Dolby SR