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Paul s'en va

Switzerland / France, February 2004
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by
Alain Tanner
Written by
Alain Tanner
Status
In distribution
Website
www.cabproductions.ch

“Paul s'en va” takes place in an academy for dramatic arts and the protagonists are seventeen student-actors from the school, which is what they are in real life. The film is divided into four chapters: 1. The Disappearance: A professor at the school, a former militant from the sixties and seventies, has suddenly disappeared. Some students are worried, others are indifferent, a few are delighted. 2. The Tracks: Before leaving, he left his students a series of playing cards with texts to contemplate or small tasks to accomplish. 3. The World: One of the tasks is to write a sketch inspired by Alfred Jarry's “Père Ubu”. The students decide to set it in the White House in Washington, D.C. 4. The Given Word: During their lives and in their future work, these young actors will be the conveyors of the word: that of past and present authors. They will thus take it up and pass it on to others.

Un mondo sta sparendo, e le sue ultime tracce non servono più a capire e ad interpretare il nuovo mondo caotico, in cui non vi è più rispetto per i rapporti umani. Non riuscendo più a capire ed ad apprezzare il nuovo mondo, Paul B., insegnante, getta la spugna e se ne va. La scomparsa dell’insegnante getta nell’insicurezza i suoi scolari, mettendoli in crisi, ma al contempo costringendoli a fare i conti con le loro esigenze e i loro desideri.

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World Premiere
February 2004
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 85 min.
Production
CAB Productions SA, Filmograph SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Gemini Films
Producer
Gérard Ruey
directed by
Alain Tanner
Written by
Alain Tanner
Cinemato­graphy
Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Max Karli
Music
Michel Wintsch
Location Sound Mix
Christophe Giovannoni
Lighting Design
Samy Emery

Cast

Romain Bévierre
Julia Batinova
Lucie Zelger
Julien Tsongas
Fahid Taghavi
Guillaume Prin
Anna Pieri
Anouk Mettaz
Pauline Le Comte
Dimitri Janin
Rachel Gordy
Nathalie Dubey
Tatiana Auderset
Aquilino Ascencion
Stefanie Gunter
Madeleine Raykov
Carine Sechehaye

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
CAB Productions SA

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
CAB Productions SA Distribution
Release date: tba

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