2005
France
94min - 35 mm - 1.85 - Color - Dolby SR - Drama
Original language :French
Cast
Fanny Valette
Elsa Zylberstein
Bruno Todeschini
Hédi Tillette de Clermont Tonnerre
Sonia Tahar
Credits
Director: Karin Albou
Producer : Isabelle Pragier & Laurent Lavolé
Production Company : GLORIA FILMS Productions
Co-producer : Jean-Louis Livi
Co-production Company : Film par Film
Screenplay : Karin Albou
Director of photography : Laurent Brunet
Sound : Jean-François Mabire & Steven Ghouti
Music : Cyril Morin
Editing : Christiane Lack
Costumes : Tania Shébado-Cohen
Set : Nicolas de Boiscuillé
Festivals & Awards
2005 :
Cannes FF - Critics' Week
Brussels European FF
Copenhagen FF
Warsaw FF
Haifa FF
London FF
London Jewish FF
Catselinaria FF
Vancouver FF
FCMM
Cinemania Dublin French FF
2005:
SACD Screewriting Award
2006 :
Goteborg FF
Titanic FF
Istanbul FF
French Film Fest in Jakarta - Best Film - Best Screenplay - Best Actress
Berlin Jewish FF
Helsinki Women FF
Ucan Supurge FF (Turkey)
Sitges IFF
Ale Kino IFF
Jewish Film Fest (Argentina)
2007 :
Lima Film Festival
Barcelona Jewish Film Fest
Little Jerusalem
PETITE JERUSALEM (LA)
a film by :Karin Albou
The Paris suburbs, a neighbourhood of Sarcelles known as "Little Jerusalem" because a large number of Jews have settled there. Laura is 18. She is torn between her religious upbringing and her studies in philosophy, a subject that fascinates her and offers her a different view of the world. While her sister Mathilde tries to breathe new life into her marriage, Laura experiences the first stirrings of love. This confrontation with desire will upset all their certainties.
La banlieue parisienne, un quartier de Sarcelles appelé "La petite Jérusalem" car de nombreux juifs y ont émigré. Laura a 18 ans - elle est tiraillée entre son éducation religieuse et ses études de philosophie qui la passionne et lui offre une autre vision du monde. Alors que sa sœur Mathilde tente de redonner vie à son couple, Laura succombe à ses premières émotions amoureuses. Cette confrontation au désir va bouleverser leurs certitudes.
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