THE STATEMENT
synopsis
Pierre Brossard, as a young man, was a war criminal under the Vichy regime. Brossard has never been brought to trial and has lived a peaceful and anonymous life sheltered by right-wing elements within the Catholic Church. A new investigation into his crimes is launched and Brossard finds himself the target of hit men on the one hand and police investigators on the other.
international title: | THE STATEMENT |
original title: | THE STATEMENT |
country: | United Kingdom, Canada, France |
sales agent: | Summit Entertainment |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Norman Jewison |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | UK 27/02/2004, GR 18/06/2004, FR 25/08/2004, IT 24/09/2004, HU 07/10/2004, ES 26/11/2004, DE 23/06/2005, AT 02/09/2005 |
screenplay: | Brian Moore, Ronald Harwood |
cast: | Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jememy Northam |
cinematography by: | Kevin Jewison |
film editing: | Andrew S Eisen, Stephen E Rivkin |
art director: | Françoise Benoît-Fresco |
costumes designer: | Carine Sarfati |
music: | Normand Corbeil |
producer: | Robert Lantos |
production: | Spice Factory Ltd., Company Pictures (UK), Odessa Films (FR) |
distributor: | Bac Films (FR), DNC Entertainment (IT), Filmax S.A. (ES) |