LOOKING FOR HORTENSE
synopsis
Damien is a professor of Chinese civilization who lives with his wife, Iva, a theater director, and their son Noé. Their love is mired in a mountain of routine and disenchantment. To help keep Zorica from getting deported, Iva gets Damien to promise he’ll go to his father, a state department official, for help. But Damien and his father have a distant and cool relationship. And this mission is a risky business which will send Damien spiraling downward and over the edge...
original title: | Cherchez Hortense |
country: | France |
sales agent: | SBS Films International |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Pascal Bonitzer |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | FR 05/09/2012, BE 05/09/2012, NL 18/07/2013, UK 09/08/2013 |
screenplay: | Pascal Bonitzer, Agnès De Sacy |
cast: | Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carré, Kristin Scott Thomas |
cinematography by: | Romain Winding |
film editing: | Elise Fievet |
art director: | Emmanuel de Chauvigny |
costumes designer: | Marielle Robaut |
music: | Alexei Aigui |
producer: | Saïd Ben Saïd |
production: | SBS Films Productions |
distributor: | Le Pacte, Filmfreak Distributie, Arrow Film Distributors |