The Giraffe's Neck
Synopsis
Nine-year-old Mathilde has lived alone with her mother, Helene, since her parents got divorced and her grandfather had a heart operation.
Mathilde's bad grades cause a lot of friction between herself and her mother. She often hides under her bed where she's created her own world full of mysteries. One night, Mathilde runs away to the nursing home where her grandfather, Paul, is recovering. In her hands, she has a letter from Madeleine, her grandmother, who disappeared thirty years before. Mathilde has worked out that her family has been lying to her; her grandmother isn't dead. She's come to get Paul so that he can help her find Madeleine. They take the dawn train for Biarritz...
Helene is upset to find dozens of letters from her mother among Mathilde's things and to discover that her father has been hiding what he knows from her. She heads to the south west of France in her car...
A journey toward truth thus begins for Paul, Mathilde and Helene. Screens collapse, secrets and lies fade. Thanks to Mathilde's strength and sense of purpose, the trio will at last be able to speak honestly with each other.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Telema
- Co-productions : Move Movie, France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Saga Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Newen Connect a TF1 Group Company
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Charles Gassot
- Screenwriters : Safy Nebbou, Danièle Thompson
- Director of Photography : Romain Winding
- Music Composer : Pascal Gaigne
- Assistant director : Caroline Redy-Pinto
- Editor : Bernard Sasia
- Sound Recordist : Frank Struys
- Costume designer : Kristin Van Passel
- Production manager : Tamara Setton
- Press Attaché (film) : Vanessa Jerrom
- Sound editor : Valérie Lepage
- Production Designer : Cyril Gomez-Mathieu
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2003
- French release : 29/09/2004
- Runtime : 1 h 28 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 109.227
- Visa issue date : 10/09/2004
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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News & awards
News (3)
Selections (5)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2005
International Competition
Awards (2)
Cairo - International Film Festival
Egypt, 2004
Award for Best First Film : Safy Nebbou
Mention Spéciale : Louisa Pili
