La Petite Chartreuse

La Petite Chartreuse (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean-Pierre Denis

Written By:
Jean-Pierre Denis
Pierre Péju

Actors:
Olivier Gourmet ..... Etienne Vollard
Marie-Josée Croze ..... Pascale Blanchot
Bertille Noël-Bruneau ..... Eva Blanchot
Marysa Borini ..... Anna (as Marisa Borini)
Yves Jacques ..... Baldi
Elisabeth Macocco ..... Consoeur, brocanteuse (as Elizabeth Macocco)
Claude Koener ..... Médecin institution
Marie-Claude Vermorel ..... Mireille
Jean-Michel Noirey ..... L'enquêteur
Lison Riess ..... Infirmière hôpital
Francine Lorin-Blazquez ..... Infirmière institution
Philippe Saïd ..... Le réceptionniste
Francis Frappat ..... Le serveur de la discothèque
Philippe Chabrier ..... Serveur bowling
Rémi Thiberge ..... Guide montagne

Synopsis:

Eight-year-old Eva and her mother have a very positive CHILD-TO-CHILD-RELATION. The mother is incapable of mature behaviour when problems arise. When the mother forgets to fetch Eva at school in her car, Eva does not know the way home. Panicking and crying she just runs and is overrun by a car. The driver is obviously innocent. He is a second-hand bookseller (Etienne) and a mountain climber and has a phenomenal memory. The hospital cannot tell whether Eva will ever wake up from her coma, or will speak or move. But it is important that she is much spoken to while she is in coma. The bookseller takes upon himself the task the mother cannot do. He visits the child for hours every day and tells her Jack London's snow stories, which he knows by heart. Eventually Eva wakes up. She is still mute and will go only if Etienne holds her hands and actively walks her. She is bored by all kinds of child play but fascinated by the snowy mountains that can be seen from the hospital. Suddenly Eva deteriorates seriously and might die. Desperately, Etienne takes her on mountain climbing in snowstorm. He himself dies from frost. But when a helicopter finds the couple, Eva moves on her own for the first time since the accident.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 18 May, 2006.

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