THE BLACK BEACH
synopsis
All is nameless frenzy for our hero. Lightning change. His country is putting an end to dictatorship. He is a nervous and far from elated activist. He feels the urge to take a prurient break. His wife Sylvie leaves the country for France. She writes about the new democracy and its birth pangs. His daughter Joyce, forced to take refuge in his deserted childhood home. On the Black Beach, immersed in solitude and the infinite.
international title: | THE BLACK BEACH |
original title: | LA PLAGE NOIRE |
country: | France, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland |
sales agent: | Gémini Films |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michel Piccoli |
film run: | 113' |
release date: | FR 12/12/2001 |
screenplay: | Michel Piccoli, Ludivine Clerc |
cast: | Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Dominique Blanc, Jade Fortineau, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Ignacy Gogolewski |
cinematography by: | Sabine Lancelin |
film editing: | Catherine Quesemand |
art director: | Dorota Ignaczak, Isabel Branco |
costumes designer: | Catherine Gorne-Achdjian, Malgorzata Gwiazdecka, Isabel Branco |
music: | Django Reinhardt |
producer: | Paulo Branco, Lew Rywin, Pawel Poppe, Alain Tanner |
production: | Gémini Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Madragoa Filmes, Filmograph SA (CH), Heritage Films (PL), Television Suisse Romande (CH) |
backing: | Canal +, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Office Fédérale de la Culture, ICAM, RTP, Telwizja Polska |
distributor: | Gémini Films |