La Fabbrica : SAÏD BEN SAÏD’S DREAM FESTIVAL

Scene of the crime (+ discussion)

Le lieu du crime

André Téchiné

1986
France
1h32
Fiction
Col.

A film chosen by Saïd Ben Saïd (Dream festival)

Thomas, a fourteen years old boy, is somewhat borred in the small village of the South-West of France where he lives with his mother and his grand-parents. His unexpected meeting with two escaped convicts will suddently turns his life upside down.

The second movie by André Téchiné with Catherine Deneuve initiate the recurring theme of his work : the parentage, the relationship with his mother, the construction of a fatherless teenager…

Followed by a discussion with Pascal Bonitzer (scriptwriter, filmmaker) and Saïd Ben Saïd, moderated by Marcos Uzal (writer, journalist)

Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak, Victor Lanoux, Jacques Nolot
Screenplay
Pascal Bonitzer, Olivier Assayas and André Téchiné
Photography
Pascal Marti
Sound
François Groult
Music
Philippe Sarde
Art direction
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Editing
Martine Giordano and Suzanne Koch
Production
Films A2 and T. Films

Films in the Retrospective