The Light
Synopsis
Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.
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Actors (27)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Nord-Ouest Films
- Co-productions : Zazi Films , STUDIOCANAL, France 2 Cinéma, Fin Août Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Christophe Rossignon
- Screenwriters : Philippe Lioret, Emmanuel Courcol, Christian Sinniger
- Director of Photography : Patrick Blossier
- Music Composer : Nicola Piovani
- Assistant director : Anne Bernard
- Editor : Mireille Leroy
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Marie Blondel
- Costume designer : Pierre Bechir
- Original idea : Gilles Legrand
- Production Manager : Olivier Hélie
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurette Monconduit
- Sound Editor : Germain Boulay
- Continuity supervisor : Béatrice Pollet
- Production Designer : Yves Brover
- Casting : Brigitte Moidon, Axelle Bossard
- Sound Mixer : Éric Tisserand
- Location Manager : Jean-Philippe Avenel
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2003
- French release : 03/11/2004
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 106.580
- Visa issue date : 14/10/2004
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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About
The Light by Philippe Lioret (L’Equipier, France, 2004, 105 min.). Sandrine Bonnaire stars in this graceful, sweeping story of love, friendship, and trust set on a remote island off the coast of Brittany. In 1963, Antoine arrives on Île de Ouessant to become the new keeper of La Jument lighthouse, but he is an outsider in the island’s tight-knit community. Antoine works next to Yvon (Philippe Torreton), who is married to the radiant Mabé (Bonnaire), with whom Antoine quickly begins to exchange loving glances. With an insightful script that captures the nuances of bitterness that inflect even the friendliest words, director Philippe Lioret explores how places like Ouessant can be majestic natural wonders to tourists, but tiring, dead-end prisons to long-time residents. “A satisfying drama of simmering passions that unfolds in an arrestingly atmospheric setting” (Variety). Description adapted from the Toronto Film Festival.
