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Benoît Delépine,
Gustave Kerkvern |
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neighbours live opposite each other on
a country road somewhere in Northern France.
They hate each other and life for them
is nothing but a daily painful confrontation.
One day, in the course of a violent dispute,
an agricultural trailer knocks them over
and sends them to hospital. They are both
released, in wheelchairs, paralysed from
the waist down. Giving up on the idea
of suicide, they each decide to embark
on a personal journey. However, before
they know it, they both end up on the
same railway platform, waiting for the
same train. Neighbours once again, for
better or for worse. An odd and unpredictable
odyssey then starts, taking them all the
way to Finland where they intend to obtain
financial compensation from the manufacturers
of the agricultural machinery responsible
for their accident. In this film, the
disabled protagonists are simply normal,
at times a bit stupid, a bit nasty, often
funny. These two wheelchair-bound travellers
will somehow live an initiatory journey,
in search of one’s “neighbour”. |
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Benoît
Delépine, Gustave Kerkvern Benoît
Delépine and Gustave Kervern
cut their teeth – during 15 years
– writing and acting on TV as
stand-up comedians. They met each other
5 years ago and was Maurice Pialat who
talked them into making films.
“The idea was to capture a dash
of life they feel is often lacking in
contemporary productions. This was achieved
by mingling actors and non-professionals,
hidden camera and staged shots as well
as written and improvised dialogues.”
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| Fiction |
France,
Belgium
2003, 93’,
35mm, scope, B&W, Dolby S |
| Argumento:
Benoît Delépine, Gustave
Kerkvern
Fotografia: Hugues
Poulain, Jackson Elizondo
Som:
Guillaume Le braz, Laurent Cercleux
Montagem:
Anne-Laure Guegan
Com:
Benoît Delépine, Gustave
Kerkvern, Jan Bucquoy, Pierre Carl,
Michel De Houx, Isabelle Delepine, Jason
Flemyng, Noe l Godin, Christine Grulois,
Aki Kaurismaki, Bouli Lanners, Vincent
Patar, Benoit Poelvoorde, Christophe
Salengro, Vincent Tavier
Produtor:
Vincent Tavier, Guillaume Malandrin,
Adriana Piasek-Wanski
Produção:
Funny Balloons
Awards
and Festivals
2004 : Rotterdam Int.
Film Festival, London Film Festival
(FIPRESCI award), Adelaide Film Festival
(Australia), Buenos Aires Int. Independent
Film Festival, Leeds Int. Film Festival,
Sydney Film Festival, Vancouver Int.
Film Festival, Internacional Film Festival
of Tractors (Festival du Nombril, Pougne
Hérisson)
Print Source
Funny Balloons
4 bis rue Saint Sauveur
75002 Paris
France
T: +33140130586
info@funny-balloons.com
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