Skin of Man, Heart of Beast ( Peau d'homme coeur de bête )

Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Peau d'homme coeur de bête
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min + 42 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Hélène Angel

Written By:
Hélène Angel

Actors:
Serge Riaboukine ..... Francky
Bernard Blancan ..... Coco
Pascal Cervo ..... Alex
Maaike Jansen ..... Marthe
Cathy Hinderchied ..... Aurelie
Virginie Guinand ..... Christelle
Jean-Louis Richard ..... Tac Tac
Cyril Lecomte ..... Anthony
Guilaine Londez ..... Annie
Marc Brunet ..... Bibof
Cindy Mostacci ..... Jessica
Françoise Bertin ..... Mademoiselle Espitalier
René Morard ..... Le père de Bibof
Robert Lucibello ..... Le commissaire
Frédéric Proust ..... Caguette

Synopsis:

You don't have to look further than the title of Hélène Angel's film to discern its brutal perspective on the human condition. In ways large and small, the film, set in the rugged countryside of southern France, lays out an unremittingly bestial view of human life. To describe the story as a dysfunctional homecoming would be to understate its view of family life, since the Pujols, the working-class clan under the movie's microscope, wouldn't know the meaning of the word dysfunctional. One summer, almost simultaneously, two of three brothers in a family scarred by tragedy return to the home where their father shot himself to death many years earlier

Tensions arise in a French family when one of the sons, Coco, mysteriously returns to the fold after fifteen years away. Coco's behaviour switches erratically, and in addition there is the presence in the house of his brother Francky, a policeman recently suspended from his job following his marriage break-up. Francky is also given to unruly and edgy moods, but his little daughter is strangely drawn to Coco. As time passes the situation is increasingly fraught, particularly as Coco's behaviour becomes unpredictable.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 02 January, 2012.

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