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LES MURS PORTEURS

by Cyril Gelblat

synopsis

Frida, a 75-year-old Ashkenazi, is losing her memory and confuses past and present. Her daughter, Judith, has chosen not to work so she can look after her children. Divorced and facing the departure of her youngest son and her mother’s ageing at the same time, she wonders what use she is to anyone. Frida’s son Simon – who as a journalist sharply observes society – doesn’t notice either his daughter’s blossoming into an adult or his mother’s ageing. Frida returns to her former apartment. Believing she will find her husband (who died several years ago) there, she meets her tenant Manou, who is expecting an important promotion. The return to this apartment – the crossroads of their lives – enables the characters to find each other and find themselves. Through these stories, the film explores different chronicles of passing time, bodies that are transformed at all ages and inescapable aspects of life.

original title: Les Murs porteurs
country: France, Switzerland, Germany
year: 2008
genre: fiction
directed by: Cyril Gelblat
film run: 92'
release date: FR 09/07/2008
screenplay: Cyril Gelblat, Agnès De Sacy
cast: Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Shulamit Adar, Dominique Reymond, Anaïs Demoustier, Guillaume Romain
cinematography by: Jean-Marc Fabre
film editing: Emmanuelle Castro, Thomas Marchand, Nathalie Hubert
art director: Manu de Chauvigny
costumes designer: Manu de Chauvigny
music: Ali N.Askin
producer: Caroline Adrian, Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein , Christoph Meyer-Wiel, Ruth Waldburger
production: Delante Films, Vega Film, SND
distributor: Zelig Films Distribution

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