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Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Feature
Running time : 100 (in minutes)

Daniel is fine and everything is going well for him. Everything. He has a talent for handling life that other people envy. Yet recently he's needed to act calm and cool so as to deal with a guy he's never seen before, a man who's harassing him: He follows him along the street, knows exactly when he'll be doing things, he even manages to slip into the places where Daniel works. He has the appearance of someone who thinks Daniel is a gift from God, the man of his life. Daniel works on a regular basis, always in different places, with no boss. It's hard at times, but he never complains. At least not about his work. But at times Daniel gets wound up and moans about Sonia, who he has been in love with for three years. She too is in love with him.

Daniel è un ragazzo capace di cavarsela sempre, in ogni situazione. Tuttavia da qualche tempo gli serve molta freddezza per affrontare un tizio, uscito dal nulla, che lo assilla: lo segue per strada, conosce i suoi orari, si intrufola dove Daniel lavora. Sembra pensare che Daniel sia l'uomo della sua vita. Daniel riesce a trovare lavoro regolarmente, anche se sempre in luoghi diversi. Talvolta è dura, ma di questo non si lamenta. Si angoscia e si lamenta, invece, per Sonia la donna che ama e che lo ama. Sonia gli dà pochi motivi per preoccuparsi, ciononostante, quando c'è lei, ogni certezza viene spazzata via: l'inquietudine, la collera prendono il sopravvento su Daniel.

A Daniel todas las cosas le van bien; todas. Y es que todo el mundo envidia la habilidad de Daniel para encauzar su vida. Sin embargo, hace poco se ha visto obligado a hacer gala de su calma y sosiego para enfrentarse a un hombre al que no había visto nunca hasta entonces, un hombre que le está acosando: le persigue por la calle, sabe exactamente en qué momento va a hacer cualquier cosa y es capaz incluso de colarse en los sitios donde Daniel trabaja. Desde fuera se podría decir que es alguien que ve a Daniel como un regalo de Dios, como el hombre de su vida. Daniel, por su parte, trabaja normalmente sin jefe y siempre en lugares diferentes. A veces es duro, pero él nunca se queja; al menos nunca de su trabajo, aunque Sonia, una chica que está enamorada de él y de la que él también ha estado enamorado durante los últimos tres años, consigue a veces ponerle nervioso y hacer que se queje.

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country: France
year: 2008
genre: fiction
directed by: Patrice Chéreau
release date: FR 02/12/2009
screenplay: Anne-Louise Trividic, Patrice Chéreau
cast: Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Hiam Abbass, Alex Descas
cinematography by: Yves Cape
film editing: François Gédigier
costumes designer: Caroline de Vivaise
music: Éric Neveux
producer: Bruno Lévy, Christoph Hahnheiser
production: Move Movie, Arte France Cinéma, Mars Films
backing: Arte France Cinéma, Canal +, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
distributor: Mars Distribution
sales agent: MK2 Diffusion


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2009 | Venezia 2009 | VENICE, Italy
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Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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