A Day in the Country

  • a film by Sylvie Michel
  • Shortfilm
  • 18 min
  • 2007
Info

  • Genre

    • Drama / Adventure

  • Countries of Production

    • Germany

  • Language

    • Französisch

  • World premiere

    • 12th January 2007 – IFF Locarno

  • a production by

    • Twenty Twenty Vision
Synopsis

Mathilde (12 yr. old) catches her parents, yet again, in the middle of a fight. She runs away to the edge of town with her two brothers – Robin (9 yrs. old) and Louis (4 yrs. old).
While hanging out in a park they get into a quarrel with a couple of teenagers, who start to chase them. To escape the teens, they hide in the back of a pick-up truck, which unexpectedly takes off. As the miles roll by, the kids find themselves deep in the countryside, far from home. At first they feel the allure of freedom and adventure in the sunny landscape of the french Dordogne. But the journey takes a different turn when a man with doubtful intentions approaches them.

Cast

  • Mathilde

    • Mathilde Barroux

  • Robin

    • Robin Barroux

  • Luis

    • Louis Karathanos

  • Autodieb

    • Jérome Ferrand
Crew

  • Written by

    • Sylvie Michel

  • Directed by

    • Sylvie Michel

  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos

  • Director of photography

    • Blaise Chakir

  • Editor

    • Petra Graewe

  • Music

    • Leonid Soybelman

  • Location Sound Recordist

    • Andrew Amondson

  • Mixing Engineer

    • Matthias Schwab
Festivals
  • IFF Locarno
  • 36th Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal
  • 13th Recontres Internationales de Cinema à Paris
  • Jackson Heights Film and Food Festival

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