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ON THE SHORE

Directed by Julien Donada, 2011

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SYNOPSIS

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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.

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CONTACT

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75002 PARIS

Mail : info@local-films.com

Phone: +33 (0)1.44.93.73.59 

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