Awards:
FIPRESCI Prize, Chicago International Film Festival
(2003)
Running time: 96’
Production: Belgium / France, 2002
Rating: Not rated (general public)
Gauge: DVD (color)
Distributor:
Strand Releasing
“Bonnell
made a solid and endearing film, where time stops to leave
room for each one of the characters to mature and grow
at their own rhythm.”
Thierry Chèze, Studio Magazine
Julien and
his sister Emma lost their mother a year ago. They still live
with their father Gilles in the house where they grew up in
the Beauce region. They all live with the pain of their mother’s
death, but they are incapable of talking to each other about
it. Set in a small town where most people have left for their
summer holiday, Julien roams aimlessly and falls in love with
a young saleswoman Olga whom he spots in a bookstore. He unsuccessfully
tries to get her attention until he finds out she is married
and has a child. His childhood friend Alice is trying to get
over a painful and abusive relationship. She and Julien soon
find out that they have deep feelings for each other. In this
first feature film, Jérôme Bonnell was able to
create his own personal universe, fresh and full of tenderness.
