All Our Desires ( Toutes nos envies )

All Our Desires (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Toutes nos envies
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Philippe Lioret

Written By:
Emmanuel Carrère
Emmanuel Courcol

Actors:
Vincent Lindon ..... Stéphane
Marie Gillain ..... Claire Conti
Amandine Dewasmes ..... Céline
Yannick Renier ..... Christophe
Pascale Arbillot ..... Marthe
Isabelle Renauld ..... Le docteur Hadji
Laure Duthilleul ..... Carole, la mère de Claire
Emmanuel Courcol ..... Le docteur Stroesser
Anna-Bella Dreyfus ..... Mona
Thomas Boinet ..... Arthur
Léna Crespo ..... Léa
Oriane Solomon ..... Zoé
Eric Naggar ..... Maître Amado
Jean-Pol Brissart ..... Le président Duret
Nathalie Besançon ..... Sophie, la greffière

Synopsis:

The delicately beautiful Marie Gillain plays Claire, a young magistrate in the city of Lyon. Day after day she's confronted with cases of people burdened by unsustainable levels of consumer debt, now being sued by the predatory loan companies who have taken advantage of their desperation. Coming from a similar upbringing, it's no surprise that she wants to help these people rather than see them humiliated any further. Things reach a breaking point when the mother of her daughter's school friend appears before her in court. After dismissing the woman's case, she is placed on suspension due to her undisclosed relationship with the woman (she'd lent her the princely sum of 12 Euros so that their daughters could attend a school excursion together) and the case is thrown back into the court system. Desperate to help Celine, with whom she's begun to form a friendship, she turns to Stéphane (Lindon), an older judge who has been known to fight the system for cases just like this one. He's pessimistic and at first turns down the case, but he relents, just as Claire is diagnosed with an aggressive and terminal brain tumour. She decides to refuse treatment and keep her condition secret, even from her husband, while she tries to help Stéphane with the case.

Claire Conti (played by Marie Gillain) is young and attractive. A judge by profession, she is happily married and a mother. Her handsome husband, Christophe (Yannick Renier), works as a chef and loves her very much. Life looks ideal. One day, Claire is picking up her little girl from school. Another mother, named Celine, comes up to her, asking if she had given her daughter money for a field trip. Claire confirms, and so Celine returns Claire's money, claiming that she does not need charity. In an ironic twist, the next day Celine faces Claire's judgment in court; she works part-time as a cashier, is single, and can't pay her 18000 Euro debt. Claire defers the case, buying Celine some time. At this point, since Claire had done her a favour and their daughters are friends, Celine befriends Claire.

All Our Desires is the story of an encounter between Claire, a young magistrate at the law court in Lyon, and Stéphane, an experienced, disillusioned magistrate whom she involves in her fight against insolvency. A fusion of revolt and emotions unites them, and above all the urgent need to live life to the full.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 August, 2012.

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