Freedom-Oléron / Only God Sees Me ( Liberté-Oléron / Dieu seul me voit ) ( Versailles-Chantiers )

Freedom-Oléron / Only God Sees Me (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Liberté-Oléron / Dieu seul me voit
Alternate Title: Versailles-Chantiers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
227 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 - 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Bruno Podalydès

Written By:
Bruno Podalydès
Denis Podalydès

Actors:
Denis Podalydès ..... Jacques Monot
Guilaine Londez ..... Albertine Monot
Patrick Pineau ..... Gaboriau
Arnaud Jalbert ..... Benoît Monot
Ange Ruzé ..... Anatole Monot
Lou-Nil Font ..... Frédéric Monot (as Lou-Nil Ventre)
Jean Podalydès ..... Nicolas Monot
Marie Diot ..... Caroline Lorcy
Eric Elmosnino ..... Sergio, the mechanic
Bruno Podalydès ..... Chevreteau, the boat seller
Marie-Armelle Deguy ..... Florence Lorcy
Philippe Uchan ..... Eponge, the lock keeper
Jean-Noël Brouté ..... Kids entertainer1 / A waiter
Cécile Bouillot ..... Kids entertainer 2 / A waitress
Estelle Chailloux ..... Cynthia, a friend
Denis Podalydès ..... Albert
Jeanne Balibar ..... Anna
Isabelle Candelier ..... Sophie
Cécile Bouillot ..... Corinne
Jean-Noël Brouté ..... Otto
Michel Vuillermoz ..... François
Mouss ..... Cruquet
Philippe Uchan ..... Patrick
Daniel Ceccaldi ..... Polling station président
Maurice Baquet ..... M. Crémieux
Pierre Diot ..... Denis Boulet
Catherine Almeras ..... Atchoum
Mathieu Amalric ..... Himself
Simon Bakhouche ..... Maire de Verseilles
Jean-Luc Bonaventure ..... Père de Sophie
Daniel Breton ..... Policeman
Aude Briant ..... Maire
Didier Brice ..... Indira Cruquet
Michel Butel ..... Madame Rembrel
Christian Courtois ..... Policeman
Gérard Dauzat ..... Timide
Patricia Dinev ..... Aline
Philippe Duclos ..... Director (Mayor interview)
Bernard-Paul Ekodo ..... Simplet
David Gabison ..... Employé
Élodie Huber ..... Second Maire
Gisèle Joly ..... Adjoint de maire
Thierry Lièvre
Patrick Ligardes
Nicolas Lormeau
Dominique Parent
Ariane Pirié
Bruno Podalydès
Emmanuel Quatra
Éric Simonnin
Michel Tardieu
Ariane Valadié
Serge Vincent
Marc Voinchet
Gilbert Zind

Synopsis:

Freedom-Oléron (2001)

A father who is determined to enjoy his vacation even if it kills him hits the high seas -- and the high seas hit back -- in this comedy from France. Jacques Monot (Denis Podalydes) is spending a few weeks of the summer at the seaside with his wife, Albertine (Guilaine Londez), and their four children. However, the resort community where they've landed is not proving to be very entertaining, and Jacques is looking for a way to make their stay more exciting. An encounter with a persuasive (if less than scrupulous) salesman leads to Jacques purchasing a rattletrap sailboat, and despite the fact that he's never handled a sailboat in his life, Jacques decides to take his new craft out for a spin on the ocean with chaotic results. Liberte-Oleron was directed by Bruno Podalydes, the brother of leading man Denis Podalydes; the siblings also collaborated on the film's screenplay.

Only God Sees Me (1998)

Albert, a sound engineer, leads an almost normal and pleasant existence, except that he is always chronically hesitant. Giving someone directions in the street, going out for dinner, choosing a girlfriend... all become a source of desperate and endless questioning, and considerably complicate his relationships with other people. As soon as he develops deep feelings for someone, he is instantaneously ill. It is a hard choice between three successively charming young women: Sophie the nurse, Corinne the detective and Anna, a disturbing and mysterious film director. When he has dinner with Anna, he is sick half of the evening ...

Freedom-Oléron

While vacationing on Oléron Island, Jacques, 38, father of four young boys, gets fed up with beach life. He invests all his savings in the purchase of a yacht 'a glorified dinghy' that he renames 'Freedom-Oléron'. He then hatches a plan to sail over to neighboring Aix Island, 5 kilometers away. Although an incompetent sailor, Jacques tells his family that, after God, he is the only captain on board.

Only God Sees Me

Albert is a thirty-year-old sound engineer. All his life he's been able to avoid confrontation through passive observation until he is forced into action by three very assertive women.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 June, 2008.

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