The Hard Land
by Olivier Riou
short film : 17 min / 35mm / 1.85 / color / Dolby SR / 2006
Visa: 113.837
ISAN: 0000-0001-98F4-0000-C-0000-0000-1
With : Marilyne CANTO, Jean Michel COULON, Odette DUMONT, Jean François GALLOTTE, Roger KNOBELSPIESS, Coline RIOU, Léo Paul SALMAIN
Themes : Fiction / Psychological drama / Family / Fraternity / Disappearance / Suicide / Agriculture
Synopsis : Without a word to the people around him, Alain, a single farmer, vanishes. Frederic, his brother who lives in town, worried, discovers a farm that has been allowed to go to ruin. In returning to the everyday gestures of an agricultural life that he decided to leave behind, Frederic, without entirely giving up hope, lives out these few days in Alain’s ghostly shadow.
The Crew
Screenplay : Olivier RIOU
First assistant : Jeanne GRANVEAUD
Electrician : Grégoire BESSE
Key grip : Vladimir DURANOVIC
Costumes : Martine HENRY
Make up : Emilie LEROSE
Photography : Yves KOHEN
Editing : Frédérique REAU
Sound : Jocelyn ROBERT Emmanuel BONNAT Vincent VERDOUX
Music : Thomas PITIOT
Producers : Olivier BERLEMONT Ludovic HENRY Julien NAVEAU
Awards and Festivals
Best Screenplay Côté Court Festival - Pantin (France), 2006
Best Actor for Jean-François Gallotte Grenoble Film Festival (France), 2006
Contis International Festival (France), 2006, in competition
Festi’Valloire (France), 2006, non-competitive
Clermond-Ferrand Short Film Festival (France), 2007, out of competition
"L’Avis de Château" Film Festival (France), 2007, in competition
Festival de la Guérinière - Caen (France), 2007, non competitive
European Festival of Film and the Rural World - Lama (Corsica, France), 2007, in competition
Festival Psy - Lorquin (France), 2007, in competition
Distribution
French TV:
France 3,
Orange Cinema
Videos :
Collection automne hiver 2006, Unifrance DVD
Investors
la Région Auvergne (France),
l’Adami.
Photos :
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