Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

Distant Tremors
Les tremblements lointains

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Colour, 35 mm
Belgium, France, 2008, 100 min
WP – World premiere
Section: Official Selection - Competition
Film trailer: Higher quality | Lower quality

Film screenings:
416 - 7.7., 20:00, Grand Hall
5E1 - 8.7., 10:00, Espace Dorleans Cinema

Director: Manuel Poutte
Screenplay: Manuel Poutte, Elizabeth Diot
Dir. of Photography: Antoine Roch
Music: Phil Marie
Designer: Françoise Joset
Editor: Yves Dorme
Producer: Boris Van Gils, Michaël Goldberg
Production: Dolce Vita Films
Sales: Wide Management

Cast

Amélie Daure, Papa Malick N’Diaye, Daniel Duval, Jean-François, Stévenin

Synopsis

Increasingly disheartened by the monotony of his provincial existence, young Senegalese Bandiougou has not long to wait before he can leave his native town forever. However, his hopes of a passage to Europe are crushed and, from that moment onwards, the young man’s life is beset by a series of misfortunes which he sees as a curse. He draws the introverted French girl Marie into his world of feverish visions and fetishes, much to the dismay of her father, the local physician Jean. Bandiougou then jumps at a proposition from antiques dealer Boris who has abruptly appeared on the scene, and the strange foursome set off on a mysterious journey down the river, to places where magic is born. Poutte’s psychological drama offers a stirring image of a conflict between two cultures represented by individuals who dream of a different life. In his visually compelling film he contrasts a rational and unquestioning approach to life with a world whose inhabitants are accustomed to interpreting reality on the basis of the symbolic value attributed to things and events. The main protagonist is convincingly portrayed by Senegalese musician Papa Malick N’Diaye.

About the director

Manuel Poutte (b. 1963, Brussels) studied philosophy and screenwriting. He began his artistic career as a musician, becoming a member of the band Berntholer who joined the European new wave during the 1980s. After a series of short films during the period 1991 – 1994 (e.g. La sensation – Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 1992), he made the feature film La danse des esprits (1997). He is also behind the documentary examining the theme of globalisation En vie (2000). He established the companies Lux Fugit Films and Dolce Vita Films in 1992.

Film Guests

Amélie Daure, Michaël Goldberg, Manuel Poutte, Jean-François Stevenin, Boris Van Gils

Contacts

Dolce Vita Films
7, rue Arthur Van Dormael, 1630 Linkebeek
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 544 0598
E-mail: dolcevitafilms@gmail.com

Wide Management
40, rue Sainte-Anne, 750 02 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 539 504 64
Fax: +33 1 539 504 65
E-mail: wide@widemanagement.com
www: www.widemanagement.com

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