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2015 | Color | 123:00

On the verge of leaving Tajikistan, Paul recalls his childhood; his mother’s attacks of dementia; the bond with his brother, a devout and violent boy; his father, an inconsolable widower; and his furtive mission to the Soviet Union, where he offered up his own identity to a young Russian man. He remembers the friend who betrayed him; his years as a student in Paris; his vocation for anthropology; and, above all, Esther, the heart of his existence.


Country: Francia
Direction: Desplechin; Arnaud
Script: Peyr; Julie, Desplechin; Arnaud
Production: Caucheteux; Pascal
Photography: Lubtchansky; Irina
Sound: Thiébaut; Stéphane, Cantin; Nicolás, Malbrant; Sylvain
Music: Hetzel; Grégoire
Cast:Dolmaire; Quentin, Roy-Lecollinet; Lou, Drukarova; Dinara, Garcia Fogel; Cécile, Rabourdin; Olivie, Taieb; Lily, Cohen; Raphaël, Amalric; Mathieu
Art direction: Baqueni; Toma
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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