L'Ile Atlantique
It’s an island – taken as a geographical metaphor —, a large provincial town where the children are bored. At night, when everyone thinks they’re asleep, they flee their parents’ home to burgle villas for the hell of it, out of defiance, out of idleness. The booty matters less than the excitement of the theft. Unfortunately, during one of these nocturnal forays, a woman dies of a heart attack, and another woman is murdered by her husband. Nobody can now turn a blind eye to these minor crimes. The police have to investigate and a police detective is assigned to the case. But this investigation is a decoy. L'Île Atlantique doesn’t evolve as a crime drama but is played out in the theater of intimacy, family secrets and people revealing themselves in all their primitiveness, violence and stupidity. And slowly, the unacceptable truth comes out: the children, thought to be guilty, are the real victims.
France - 2005 - 1 h 31 mn - Betacam Digital / HD - Colour
Director
Gérard Mordillat
Script
Gérard Mordillat
based on
Tony Duvert
Camera
Laurent Barès
Sound
Michel Vionnet, François Groult
Editing
Sophie Rouffio
Cast
Catherine Jacob, Franck de La Personne, Marianne Basler, Julie Jézéquel, Jean-Damien Barbin
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Production
Archipel 33,
52 rue Charlot,
75003 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 4272 1070
Fax : +33 (0)1 4272 4112
E-mail : archipel@archipel33.fr
Co-Production
ARTE France
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Sales
Archipel 33,
52 rue Charlot,
75003 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 4272 1070
Fax : +33 (0)1 4272 4112
E-mail : archipel@archipel33.fr |
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