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PAPER SOULS

by Vincent Lannoo

synopsis

Paul has a strange job: he writes funeral orations. Victor, his friend and neighbor, no longer knows what to do to shrug off his loneliness. One day Emma, a young widow, asks Paul to do a curious thing and tell her 8-year-old son about his dead father. A relationship then forms between Paul and Emma, but the ghosts of the past come to haunt them. A love story... with ghosts!

international title: Paper Souls
original title: Les Âmes de papier
working title: Six pieds sur terre
country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
sales agent: Playtime
year: 2013
genre: fiction
directed by: Vincent Lannoo
film run: 90'
release date: FR 25/12/2013
screenplay: François Uzan
cast: Stéphane Guillon, Julie Gayet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Pierre Richard
cinematography by: Vincent van Gelder
film editing: Frédérique Broos
art director: Véronique Sacrez
music: Gast Waltzing
producer: Patrick Quinet
production: Artémis Productions, Samsa Film, Liaison cinématographique
backing: CFB, RTBF, Belgacom, Fonspa, Tax shelter Films Funding
distributor: Cinéart, Rezo Films, Verve Pictures

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