Paris Follies
Filmfest 2014
PT: La Ritournelle
OT: LA RITOURNELLE
France 2013
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: French)
German Premiere
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Section: Spotlight
Brigitte and Xavier farm cattle in Normandy. Brigitte is a dreamer, with her head in the clouds, whereas Xavier's feet are firmly on the ground and his main focus is his work. Now that their children have left home, the couple's routine life increasingly weighs Brigitte down. One day, in a moment's madness, she leaves the fields behind and heads for Paris. Xavier then realizes that he is perhaps going to lose her. Will they manage to get back together? And how does one reinvent oneself after so many years? To regain your wife's affections, you sometimes have to take a crooked path...
Please note: During the screening on July 2 Isabelle Huppert will receive the CineMerit Award.
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Michael Nyqvist, Pio Marmaï, Jean-Charles Clichet
Credits
Screenplay: Marc Fitoussi
Director of Photography: Agnes Godard
Film Editor: Laure Gardette
Composer: Tim Gane, Sean O’Hagan
Production Designer: François Emmanuelli
Costume Design: Marité Coutard
Sound: Olivier le Vacon
Producer: Caroline Bonmarchand
Production Company: Avenue B Productions
Co-Producer: Isaac Sharry
Distributor: Wild Bunch Germany
Director: Marc Fitoussi