ON THE SHORE
Directed by Julien Donada, 2011
SYNOPSIS
Nice, late summer. Michel Matarasso is an exhausted cop. He's doing everything he can to get time off work and put his life on hold. Finally free of his professional obligations, he carries around his chronic malaise and loneliness, full of diffuse but tenacious dissatisfactions. It's during this in-between period that he discovers a woman who will turn his life upside down: her name is Sandra Bandini, and she has taken her own life in her own home. This discovery is the spark that sets him on fire. Matarasso becomes convinced that this encounter is no accident. This woman is his own reflection. Together, they could make it. Against all odds, he gives himself an improbable permission slip: to get back on track and find meaning in his life, by falling in love with this missing young woman.
Performance
Daniel DUVAL
Chiara CASELLI
Thomas GONZALEZ
Catherine ROUVEL
Cyril GUEI
Nanou GARCIA
Aurélia PETIT
Françoise ARNOUL
Technical Crew
Directed by
Julien DONADA
Written by
Julien DONADA
Christian PAIGNEAU
Photography
Nicolas GUICHETEAU
Editing
Laurence BAWEDIN
Sound
Laurent BENAÏM
Julien NGO TRONG
Xavier MARSAIS
Music
CVantez
Technical Data
Fiction - France - 2011
90' - HD - Color - 1.85:1 - 2.0
Versions
French
French with english subtitles
Production
Nicolas BREVIÈRE - Local Films
ADAM Production
Distribution
Kanibal Films Distribution
International Sales
Insomnia Sales
Partenaires
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Département des Alpes-Maritimes
CNC
PROCIREP
ANGOA
Festivals
Brklyn Film Festival / USA / 2011
Edinburgh International Film Festival / Scotland / 2011
TRAILER
Julien Donada was born in 1969 in Antibes (France). He began his career as an assistant director. In 1996, he directed his first documentary, Un automne en Pologne, which was screened worldwide and won awards at numerous festivals in France and abroad. Since then, Julien has directed a large number of films: documentaries (6), short films (5) such as La part des choses, À San Remo, À propos du bunker... In 2010, after a long collaboration with LOCAL FILMS producer Nicolas Brevière, Julien directed his first feature film, On The Shore, with French actor/director Daniel Duval and Italian actress Chiara Caselli.
