Light Years Away
A Feature film of
Production year1980
French release20/05/1981
Runtime1 h 45 min
Synopsis
In the year 2000, Jonas is 25 years old and lives in Ireland. Disillusioned with his life as a pub barman, he decides to give up everything and live with a mysterious old man, Yoshka, at a run down garage in the middle of no-where. At first, the old man taunts Jonas, giving him useless tasks to do, such as attending a derelict petrol pump. This drives the young man to distraction and he tries to kill himself. Impressed by his young disciple, Yoshka finally decides to share with him his fantastic secret…
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Phenix Productions, Les Productions Audiovisuelles (LPA)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Cinexport
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Pierre Héros
- Screenwriter : Alain Tanner
- Director of Photography : Jean-François Robin
- Music Composer : Arié Dzierlatka
- Assistant Director : Dominique Othenin-Girard
- Editor : Brigitte Sousselier
- Sound Recordist : Alain Lachassagne
- Author of original work : Daniel Odier
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Science fiction/Futuristic
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Switzerland, France
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