by Fabrice du Welz
March 2005

 

Release Date	16 mars 2005 (France),10 juin 2005 (USA)
Ganre	Drame,Thriller
Length	1h30min
Director	Fabrice du Welz
Writer	Fabrice du Welz, Romain Protat
Cast	Fabrice du Welz, Romain Protat, Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon, Jean-Luc Couchard, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigni, Philippe Grand’Henry, Jo Prestia, Marc Lefèbvre, Alfred David dit Pingouin, Alain Delaunois, Vincent Cahay, Johan Meys dit Rosto
Producer	Michael Gentile – The Film (France)
Co-producer	Vincent Tavier – La Parti (Belgique)Eddy Géradon-Luyckx – Tarantula (Luxembourg)
Distribution	Studio Canal Mars Distribution
World-sale	Funny Balloons

 

SYNOPSIS

Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a travelling singer. At the nursing home, the concert has ended, and Marc takes the road. Shortly afterwards his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. He is taken in by Mr Bartel (Jackie Berroyer), an innkeeper who became psychologically fragile after his wife Gloria left him. This is how Marc’s ordeal begins…

PICTURES

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TECHNICAL SPECS

Director of photography	Benoît Debie
Line producer	Ludovic Douillet
Stage manager	Olivier Guedj
Location production manager	Olivier Guedj
1st assistant director	Jean-Louis Fremont
Script	Laora Bardos-Feltoronyi
Sound engineer	Marc Engels
Costume	Géraldine Picron
make-up artist	Aurélie Elich
editor	Sabine Hubeaux