ON THE SHORE
synopsis
Nice, at the end of summer. Michel Matarasso is a worn-out cop. He tries, by every means possible, to get sick leave so as to get his life together. Finally free of his professional obligations, he drags around his chronic malaise and his solitude, full of vague but tenacious dissatisfactions. During this intervening period he discovers a woman who will turn his life on its head: she's called Sandra Bandini and she commited suicide in her own home. This discovery lights a spark that sets off a flame in him. Matarasso constructs a conviction for himself: the encounter with Bandini was no chance thing. This woman is his own reflection. Together they can find a way out. In spite of everything, he then sets out on an improbable task: to pull himself out his depression and to find a meaning to his life, by falling in love with this young, dead woman.
international title: | On the Shore |
original title: | Beau Rivage |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Insomnia World Sales |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Julien Donada |
release date: | FR 04/02/2012 |
cast: | Daniel Duval, Chiara Caselli, Françoise Arnoul, Catherine Rouvel, Aurélia Petit, Cyril Gueï, Nanou Garcia |
cinematography by: | Nicolas Guicheteau |
art director: | Aude Buttazzoni |
costumes designer: | Alice Touvet |
producer: | Nicolas Breviere |
production: | Local Films |