So There / The Black Beach ( Alors voilà / La Plage noire )

So There / The Black Beach (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Alors voilà / La Plage noire
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
205 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 - 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Michel Piccoli

Written By:
Thomas Cheysson
Michel Piccoli
Ludivine Clerc
François Maspero

Actors:
Roland Amstutz ..... René
Arno ..... Arno
Mickaël Bessière ..... Pierrot
Dominique Blanc ..... Rose
Bernard Bloch ..... Marcel
Lauris Coucaud ..... Jeannot
Pascal Elso ..... Henri
Nathalie Eno ..... Janine
Maurice Garrel ..... Constantin
Dyna Gauzy ..... Maria
Michèle Gleizer ..... Suzie (as Michèle Gleitzer)
Audrey Guillaume ..... Mireille
Roger Jendly ..... Loulou
Elisabeth Margoni ..... Vivianne
Gérald Mauroy ..... Le vigile
Chantal Neuwirth ..... La bouchère
Jean-Michel Portal ..... Luc
Agatha Rouland ..... La fiancée
Jerzy Radziwilowicz ..... A.
Dominique Blanc ..... Sylvie
Jade Fortineau ..... Joyce
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska ..... Emma
Ignacy Gogolewski ..... Sider
Roger Jendly ..... Gilles
Marco Calamandrei ..... Le journaliste
Armen Godel ..... Responsable communication
Pierre Arbel ..... Le consul
Roland Sassi ..... Mr. Schwartz
Marcel Robert ..... Le préposé consulat
Jacek Borkowski ..... Instituteur
Henryk Machalica ..... Grand écrivain
Stanislaw Brudny ..... L'homme à la malette
Nathalie Eno ..... La femme Shökor

Synopsis:

So There (1997)
Distinguished French actor Michel Piccoli was 72-years-old when he made his directorial debut with this keen black comedy of a wildly dysfunctional family and the destructive games they play whenever they force themselves to get together. Piccoli also penned the screenplay. Constantin is the father and rules his small dynasty of three unsuccessful sons with an iron fist. Every Sunday, Constantin insists that the family gather for dinner, even though these meals genuinely possess a nightmarish quality due to the unruly grandkids, the unbridled lusts the brothers have for each other's wives, and their ceaseless bickering.
The Black Beach (2001)
Respected French actor Michel Piccoli directed and co-wrote this allegorical drama. A (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) is a veteran political activist in an unnamed country with a long history of human rights abuses. When the nation's dictatorial government is overthrown and a new democratic leadership comes into power, A's wife Sylvie (Dominique Blanc), who was born in France, travels to Paris to work on an article about the nation's new political freedoms. But A soon discovers that the changes have not been as dramatic as he imagined after Sylvie is told she will not be allowed back into the country. A and his daughter Joyce (Jade Fortineau) wait out Sylvie's immigration problem at his family's seaside vacation home, but while he and his friends have long been subject to political harassment, A discovers that the new regime's tactics have a far more dangerous undertow, with executions of radicals suddenly becoming commonplace. La Plage Noir was screened in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

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

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