Under threat in Algeria, Ismaël emigrates to France the time it takes for the people who he’s fleeing from to forget about him. He employs the myth of Jonas and the whale to tell the tale of his clandestine journey.
Elsewhere in France an elderly farmer loses his youngest son. His three other children help him through the ordeal of the funeral while he progressively sinks into a kind of melancholy indifference, slowly losing his desire to live. The two stories unfold parallel to each other.
Synopsis
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (3)
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Full credits (15)
Executive Producer :
Sound recordists :
Jean-Pierre Duret, Olivier Mauvezin
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Assistant directors :
Frédéric Goupil, Sophie Couderc
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
DramaThemes :
Immigration, FamilyProduction language :
FrenchProduction country :
FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedProduction year :
2003French release :
08/09/2004Runtime :
2 h 4 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
106.066Visa issue date :
21/07/2004Approval :
NoProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorAspect ratio :
1.66Audio format :
Dolby SRDPosters (1)
