Directed by:
Arnaud des PallièresCinematography:
Julien HirschCast:
Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Lucas, Carlo Brandt, Jacques Dacqmine, Aurore Clément, Karole Rocher, Thierry Machuel, Laurent Arnal (more)Plots(1)
Under threat in Algeria, Ismahël emigrates to France. Given that Ismahël holds only a temporary tourist visa and is under no direct threat by his government, he is refused political asylum. He is interrogated and detained in a retaining center before being escorted by force back to Algeria. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he tells his own story in the guise of the biblical tale of Jonas and the Whale. Somewhere in France, an elderly farmer has just lost his young son in an accident. His three other children help him as much as they can to get through the trial of the funeral, but the ceremony is halted when the old man falls ill. These two stories unfold parallel to each other and are alternated. (Viennale)
(more)Cast
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
Laurent Lucas
France
Best movies:
Floride (2015)
The Odyssey (2016)
With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Carlo Brandt
Switzerland
Best movies:
Indochine (1992)
Ridiculous (1996)
Freedom (2009)
Jacques Dacqmine
France
Best movies:
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
L'affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Aurore Clément
France
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Karole Rocher
France
Best movies:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
Polisse (2011)
Stella (2008)
Thierry Machuel
France
Laurent Arnal
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Queen Margot (1994)
Chocolate (1988)
Axel Bogousslavsky
France
Best movies:
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Docteur Petiot (1990)
Une femme ou deux (1985)
Monique Barbarat
Best movies:
Vicky and Her Mystery (2021)