The Besieged fortress

The Besieged fortress

A Feature film of

Philippe Calderon

Produced by

Les Films du Rêve

Production year2005

French release18/10/2006

Runtime1 h 22 min

The Besieged fortress

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Synopsis

In the middle of the African savannah, in south-eastern Burkina Faso, in the safety of their high tower, termites are hard at work when a drama turns their neat and ordered life upside down.
A deluge of tropical rain floods galleries and chambers, causing cracks and breaches to appear in the termites’ castle.
Not far from there, a colony of terrible, carnivorous ants prepares to attack.
They’ll take advantage of the tower’s fragility to launch a veritable assault. A merciless war ensues

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Director (1)

Philippe Calderon
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Production and distribution (6)

Executive Producer : Les Films du Rêve

Co-productions : France 2 Cinéma, TF1 International

Foreign production company : Cité-Amérique

Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution

French distribution : TFM Distribution

News agency (France) : Initial Event

Full credits (15)

Executive Producers : François Calderon, Thierry Commissionat, Benoît Tschieret

Screenwriters : Philippe Calderon, Jérôme Dauffy, Guillaume Vincent

Director of Photography : Nedjma Berder

Music Composer : Frédéric Weber

Assistant director : Geneviève Brune

Editor : Sylvain Lebel

Sound Recordist : Didier Gatouillat

Voice : Benoît Allemane

Production Manager : Benoît Tschieret

Press Attaché (film) : Sophie Bataille

Production Designer : Jean-Yves Kervenan

Foley artist : Jonathan Liebling

Visual effects : Jean-François Bachand, Emmanuel Mazeron

Sound Mixer : Stéphane Bergeron

Still Photographer : Guillaume Mazille

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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Documentary
Production language : French
Coproducer countries : France, Canada
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada)

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News (3)

Japanese independent distributor Tornado files for bankruptcy

Japanese independent distributor Tornado files for bankruptcy

06 APRIL 2010

French cinema returns to Japan

French cinema returns to Japan

10 MARCH 2008

Festivals & events

Selections (4)

French Film Festival in Yokohama
Japan, 2008
Sélection officielle
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada, 2007
Sprockets Family
French Film Panorama in China
China, 2007
French feature films selected (out of competition)
Helvetia French Film Festival
Switzerland, 2006
Sélection FFFH

Delegations (4)

French Film Festival in Yokohama
Japan, 2008
Director : Philippe Calderon
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada, 2007
Director : Philippe Calderon
French Film Panorama in China
China, 2007
Director : Philippe Calderon
Helvetia French Film Festival
Switzerland, 2006
Director : Philippe Calderon

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The film's working title was Termites, the Towering Inferno.

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the-besieged-fortress-presskit-french.pdf

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Website(1)

www.lacitadelle-lefilm.com

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