Forum of Independents - Competition 2003 / Pas de repos pour les braves / France, Austria 2003
Basile Matin has a bizarre dream. He dreams that tonight could be his last night. In order to triumph over mortality, he decides never to sleep again. A completely absurd story which breaks all the rules and repeatedly oversteps the border between reality and fantasy. If there is any at all.
Basile Matin has a bizarre dream. He dreams that tonight could be his last night. If he falls asleep, he dies. At least, this is what his dream told him. He saw Faftao-Laoupo, the symbol of the pre-ultimate sleep. But Basile feels too young to die. In order to triumph over mortality, he decides never to sleep again. Igor is another young man. He is broke and bored, so Basile’s story is a source of great fascination for him. Last but not least, there’s Johnny Got, an amateur journalist and detective, interested in stories which are not his business. He sets out to find Basile... A completely absurd story which breaks all the rules and repeatedly oversteps the border between reality and fantasy. If there is any at all.
107 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Alain Guiraudie
/ Screenplay Alain Guiraudie
/ Dir. of Photography Antoine Heberlé
/ Music Bruno Izarn & Jacques Mestres
/ Editor Pierre Molin
/ Producer Natalie Eybrard, Jean-Philippe Labadie
/ Production Paulo Films, Amour Fou Filmproduktion
/ Cast Thomas Suire, Thomas Blanchard, Laurent Soffiati, Vincent Martin
/ Contact AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH, Paulo Films, Coproduction Office
Alain Guiraudie (b. 1964) worked as a night watchman when he started to make short films: Les heros sont immortels (1990), Tout droit jusqu’au matin (1994) and La force des choses (1997). While he worked as an assistant in TV, he started to make medium length films: Du soleil pur les gueux (2000) and Ce vieux reve dui bouge (2001). No Rest For the Brave is his first feature film.
AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
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Austria
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Paulo Films
111 bis bld. Mérilmontant, 750 11, Paris
France
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Coproduction Office
24, rue Lamartine, 750 09, Paris
France
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Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Production Company
Anne Laurent-Delage
Film Institution Rep.
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