2009

France - Switzerland

93min - 35 mm - 1.85 - Color - Drama

Original language :French

 

Cast

Gilbert Melki
Emmanuelle Devos
Joana Preiss
Cyril Descours
Nina Meurisse

 

Credits

Director: Frédéric Mermoud

Producer : Damien Couvreur & Tonie Marshall
Production Company : TABO TABO FILMS
Co-producer : Robert Boner
Co-production Company : Saga Production

Screenplay : Frédéric Mermoud & Pascal Arnold
Director of photography : Thomas Hardmeier
Sound : Michel Casang
Music : Grégoire Hetzel
Editing : Sarah Anderson
Costumes : Dorothée Lissac
Set : François Renaud Labarthe

Festivals & Awards

2009 :
Locarno - Official Selection
French Film Fest Helvétie
Chicago IFF In New Directors competition Winner of Gold Plaque
Internationale Hofer Filmtage
Tubingen IFF
Abitibi-Témiscamingue IFF
Mumbai IFF
Sao Paulo IFF


2010 :
Solothurn Film Festival
Annonay International First Film Festival
French speaking FF in Greece
French Film Fest in Vienna
Liège International Thriller Film Festival
Cinefranco French Film fest in Toronto
Tel Aviv French Film Fest
Out in Africa G&L festival
Valdivia IFF
Nanjing IFF
Medfilm Fest


2011 :
International Film Festival montevideo
Uruguay French speaking Film fest in Nairobi
French speaking Film fest in Rio and Brazilia
French speaking Film fest in the Netherlands
Franska Filmfestivalen in Stockholm
Festival del Nuovo Cinema Europeo In Genova
Beyond frontiers/Swiss films in Rio and Sao Paulo

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a film by :Frédéric Mermoud

Vincent and Rebecca fall in love at first sight in a cybercafé. They are young, barely 18 years old, and have a carefree attitude to life. And yet, two months later, Vincent’s body is found floating in the River Rhône, and Rebecca is missing. Lt Hervé Cagan and his partner Karine Mangin are in charge of the investigation. As they retrace Vincent and Rebecca’s doomed love affair, Hervé and Karine find themselves confronted with the flaws in their own lives.

French Synopsis :

Dès leur premier regard échangé dans un cybercafé, Vincent et Rebecca se sont aimés. Ils sont jeunes, à peine 18 ans, et regardent la vie avec insouciance. Pourtant, deux mois plus tard, le corps de Vincent est retrouvé dans le Rhône et Rebecca a disparu. L’inspecteur Hervé Cagan et sa co-équipière Karine Mangin sont chargés de l’enquête. Alors qu’ils remontent le fil de l’histoire d’amour qui liait à la vie à la mort Vincent et Rebecca, Hervé et Karine se retrouvent confrontés aux failles de leurs propres vies.

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