Synopsis
In the beginning, Abel and Junon had two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. Suffering from a rare, genetic illness, little Joseph had to receive a bone-marrow transplant. As Elizabeth wasn’t compatible, her parents conceived a third child in the hope of saving Joseph. But Henri, who was soon to be born, was also no help to his brother – and Joseph died when he was seven years old. After the birth of their fourth child, Ivan, the Vuillard family quietly recovered from the death of their first-born. Years have since passed by. Elizabeth has become a playwright in Paris. Henri is entangled in all sorts of dubious business affairs and fraudulent bankruptcies, while Ivan, once a teenager tottering on the edge, has become an almost rational father of two peculiar boys. One fatal day, Elizabeth, infuriated by her black-sheep brother’s excesses, formally “banishes” Henri. No one now knows exactly what happened, or why. Henri has disappeared, and the family now seems to have disintegrated. Only Si...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (21)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Why Not Productions
- Co-productions : France 2 Cinéma, Goodfellas, BAC Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Bureau Sales
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Pascal Caucheteux
- Screenwriters : Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu
- Director of Photography : Éric Gautier
- Music Composer : Grégoire Hetzel
- Assistant director : Gabrièle Roux
- Editor : Laurence Briaud
- Sound recordists : Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant
- Costume designer : Nathalie Raoul
- Executive Producer : Martine Cassinelli
- Production managers : Benoît Pilot, Isabelle Tillou
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Continuity supervisor : Agnès Feuvre
- Production Designer : Dan Bevan
- Casting : Stéphane Touitou, Pascale Béraud
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Pierre Laforce
- Additional Music : White & Spirit
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Drama
- Themes : Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
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Awards (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2009
César Award for Best Supporting Actor : Jean-Paul Roussillon