72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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La vie promise (Ghost River) / Ghost River

Olivier Dahan
France      92 m.
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A 40 year-old prostitute living in Nice, Sylvia's relationship with her teenage daughter Laurence mirrors her existence: stormy, desperate, seemingly hopeless. One evening, Laurence witnesses a violent confrontation between her mother and two men. When she intervenes, things turn very ugly. The only option open to mother and daughter is to take flight. The alternative is prison, or worse. Sylvia thinks that Piotr, her ex-husband who lives in the Jura and with whom she had a son, can help them, but she doesn't know his address and her memory's shot. Their meeting with a mysterious fellow fugitive called Joshua takes Sylvia on a painful journey back to her past and the child she abandoned years before.
Director
Olivier Dahan
Screenplay
Agnès Fustier-Dahan
Photography
Alex Lamarque
Edition
Richard Marizy
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, André Marcon, Fabienne Babe
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Wild Bunch 47, rue Dumont d'Urville 75116 Paris Tel. 33 1 71 73 11 22 Fax 33 1 7
Running Time
92 m.
Country
France
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