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Derborence

Switzerland / France, 1985
FILM, Fiction, 102 min.

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directed by
Francis Reusser
Written by
Francis Reusser, Christiane Grimm, Jacques Baynac
Status
In distribution

The newly-wed Antoine climbs an alp with the elderly Séraphin. A few weeks later a terrible landslide takes people and animals to their death. There are no survivors. The few who have escaped the disaster inform the village. Thérèse, Antoine's young wife, is pregnant. It's difficult for her to see her pregnancy through and adjust to her role as a young widow. Two months later, Antoine manages to free himself from the rubble. The villagers think he's a ghost. Finally they come to accept the fact he is alive. But he cannot accept the fact he is the only survivor. He returns to the mountain, convinced that Séraphin is still alive. At dawn, Thérèse discovers his disappearance. She wants to look for him among the debris, in order to “snatch from the dead something still alive”.

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World Premiere
1985
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 102 min.
Production
Sagittaire Productions, Marion's Films
Producer
directed by
Francis Reusser
Written by
Francis Reusser, (based on a novel by C. F. Ramuz) Christiane Grimm, Jacques Baynac
Cinemato­graphy
Emmanuel Machuel
Editing
Francis Reusser, Christine Benoît
Location Sound Mix
François Musy, Etienne Métrailler

Cast

Isabel Otéro
Jacques Penot
Maria Machado

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World Rights
Les Productions JMH

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