LOVERS OF THE NILE
by Eric Heumann
synopsis
In the south of Tunisa, Anne Frendo, a dreamy young girl prone to premonitions, lives alone with her father on the family plantation of Besseriani. It’s 1943, and the daily Allied advance obliges the Axis forces to retreat. While out walking one day on the deserted Besseriani beach, Anne discovers the body of a dead French soldier. Parachuted in to do reconnaisance work, the soldier had injured himself on falling and then walked until his strength gave out. Anne sets out on a voyage into the past, hoping to turn back the hands of time.
original title: | Les Amants du Nil |
country: | France, Germany |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Eric Heumann |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 16/01/2002, IT 23/08/2002 |
screenplay: | Eric Heumann, François-Olivier Rousseau, Jacques Lebas |
cast: | Eric Caravaca, Christophe Odent, Emma de Caunes, Bernadette Lafont, Jacques Nolot, Murray Head, Lyèce Boukhitine, Arié Elmaleh |
cinematography by: | Yorgos Arvanitis |
film editing: | Martine Barraqué |
art director: | Thierry Leproust |
costumes designer: | Carine Sarfati |
music: | Hubert Mougis |
producer: | Marc Sillam |
production: | Paradis Films, Pandora Filmproduktion, Le Studio Canal, Orly Films (FR) |
backing: | Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) |
distributor: | Océan Films, Istituto Luce (IT) |