Strange Gardens
Synopsis
Every Sunday, it’s always the same old story: Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show.
André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior. At the end of World War Two, both men, in a “fit of patriotism” committed a pathetic act of resistance and got caught at it by the Germans. These would-be heroes became German hostages and were thrown into a “dungeon,” along with other sorry companions, where they waited to be shot.
Their lives were saved by the heroic actions of an elderly railroad man, a German soldier and an incredible display of humanity.
This amazing story will change the way Lucien sees his father.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (20)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Ice 3, UGC Images
- Co-productions : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect)
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : Louis Becker
- Screenwriters : Jean Cosmos, Guillaume Laurant, Jean Becker
- Director of Photography : Jean-Marie Dreujou
- Music Composer : Zbigniew Preisner
- Editor : Jacques Witta
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Rochut
- Costume designer : Sylvie De Segonzac
- Author of original work : Michel Quint
- Sound Assistant : Matthieu Weber
- Assistant Operator : Maxime Cointe
- Camera operators : Myriam Vinocour, Patrick De Ranter
- Production Manager : Bernard Bolzinger
- Press Attaché (film) : Etienne Lerbret
- Sound Editor : Vincent Montrobert
- Assistant Editor : Manuel De Sousa
- Production Designers : Thérèse Ripaud, Bruno Margery
- Casting : Jean-Paul Becker, Maguy Aimé
- Sound mixer : Anne Le Campion
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2002
- French release : 26/03/2003
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 105.704
- Visa issue date : 25/03/2003
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
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