Eliane

Paris 1960. Eliane, a young woman approaching 40, runs the Hebdo news weekly. She shares her life with Michel Decours, a man bursting with ideas, who is 12 years older than her. The paper is their life. Eliane and Michel love to sniff out events. They are young, brilliant, and attractive and know all the political, artistic and cultural scenes. This is a time when France is sheathed in its traditions and mired in the Algerian War, but is beginning to open to the world and modernity. Eliane commits Hebdo to the combats of the period and the paper becomes the reflection of all the innovative trends that make society progress. Eliane thinks that woman’s liberation is the great battle of her generation. Modernity is on the move and Hebdo will be its seismograph. But she discovers that Michel is moving away from her and is cheating on her. At the same time, she learns that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. She refuses abortion. On top of this comes the political scandal: the government, concerned by the influence of Hebdo, is hatching a plot to discredit Michel Decours. The paper is in danger.

France - 2005 - 1 h 37 mn - Super 16 mm - Colour

Director
Caroline Huppert
Script
Patrick Rotman
Camera
Romain Winding
Sound
Dominique Levert
Sets
Emmanuel Sorin
Editing
Laurence Hennion
Music
Michel Portal
Cast
Florence Pernel, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Olivier Marchal, Laurence Cordier, Amélie Lerma, Philippe Uchan, Aurélie Bargeme

Production
Les Productions Franco-American,
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92800 Puteaux, France
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with the participation of
France 3, TV5 Monde, Radiotélévision belge de la communauté française

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