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2014 | B/N | 97

At forty, a musician decides to give up on his career and is hired as the concierge of a building. Matilda, recently retired, finds a crack in her living room wall. Her anxiety grows until she starts to believe that the building is going to collapse. The two people form a close friendship. The crack becomes a metaphor for life’s failures and how repressed feelings, like solitude and fear of the future, can come to the fore.


Country: Francia
Direction: Salvadori; Pierre
Script: Salvadori; Pierre, Colombo-Léotard; David
Production: Martin; Philippe
Photography: Henry; Gilles
Sound: Taillandier; Brigitte
Music: Merritt; Stephin, Hetzel; Grégoire
Cast:Kervern; Gustave, Marmaï; Pio, Bouchaud; Nicolas, Kupchik; Oleg, Clavel; Garance, Charasson; Olivier, Netter; Bruno, Deneuve; Catherine, Franck; Carole, Atkine; Feodor, Moretti; Michèle
Art direction: Brunner; Séverine, Godde; Benoit, Jurgenson; Mathieu, Willenz; François
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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