for real
Directed by Blandine Lenoir, 2007
SYNOPSIS
A woman overthrown by the fact of loosing her daughter who is in a coma, roams at home, paralysed with despair. She hears nothing but her inner voice that keeps on repeating the same loving words. She is obsessessed with guilt because she could’nt avoid the tragedy. But after all, there seems to be something fake within…
Cast
Technical data
Festivals
Nanou GARICA
Anaïs DEMOUSTIER
Anita LE MASNE
Bertrand BELIN
Fiction - France - 2007
12' - 35 mm
Colours – 1.85
Version
French
French with english subtitles
Technical crew
Directed by
Blandine LENOIR
Written by
Blandine LENOIR
Nanou GARCIA
Photography
Alexis KAVYRCHINE
Editing
Fred NOËL
Sound
Olivier BUSSON
Emmanuel CROSET
Score
Bertrand BELIN
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
SONOSAPIENS
Distribution
Happiness Distribution
Intrernational sales
Doc and Film International
Partnerships
Canal+
Région Poitou-Charentes
Département de la Charente
CNC
Prix de Qualité – Centre National du Cinéma
Festival LineOut (Leicester-GB) - Prix du Meilleur Film
Festival de Milan - Mention du Jury
Nomination aux « Lutins du meilleur court-métrage »
Festival du Court de Villeurbanne / France
Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence / France
Festival International du Film de Clermont-Ferrand / France
Festival du Court-Métrage de Vélizy / France
Festival « C’est trop court ! » de Nice / France
Festival de Montpellier / France
Festival ciné-jeune de Saint-Quentin dans l’Aisne / France
Festival Tous Courts (Aix-En-Provence) / France
Festival FFAT 2009 (La Ville Dieu du Temple) COURTIVORE / France
Festival du court-métrage de Rouen / France
Festival Off courts de Trouville-sur-Mer / France
Festival du film de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux / France
Festival du Court-Métrage d’Altkirch / France
Festival du Film de Famille à Saint-Ouen / France
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne/ France
Festival « Oh ce court ! » de Bruxelles / Belgique
Festival du Film Arabe d’Oran / Algérie
Festival Rooftop de Brooklyn / Etats-Unis
Festival LineOut-Leicester / Royaume-Uni
Festival Winterthur / Suisse
Festival Maremetraggio-Trieste / Italie
Festival Intl de courts-métrages Mecal / Barcelone
Festival du court-métrage francophone de Munich / Allemagne
Festival de court-métrage de Filmets de Badalona / Espagne
Milano Film Festival / Italie
Film Festival « We Speak, Here… » / Inde
Material
TRAILER
Blandine Lenoir is both an actress and filmmaker.
As an actress she worked with Gaspard Noé, Solveig Anspach, Fabienne Godet, Erick Zonca and Michael Haneke.
As a filmmaker, she directed seven short film selected and awarded in numerous film festivals among them: “With Marinette” (1999, awarded in Clermont-Ferrand, Brest and Pantin films festivals), “In your Dreams” (2003, awarded at Bordeaux, Aix en Provence, Aigues-Mortes), “Rosa” (2005 awarded at Aix-en-Provence, Clermont-Ferrand and nominated at Lutins of best short film), “My Knickers” (2006), “For Real” (2007), “Dear Abbot” (2010) and “The America of Womankind” in 2014.
“Zouzou”, her first feature film, was released in 2014.
In 2016, she directed “Aurore” with French actress Agnès Jaoui.
“Annie Colère”, her third feature film was released in 2022 and received with critical acclaim. It stars Laure Calamy.