LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE
synopsis
1948. Accused by the French law of having collaborated with the Nazis, Louis-Ferdinand Céline has gone into exile in Denmark with his wife, Lucette. Milton Hindus, a young Jewish American writer, who admires him and fervently supports Céline, joins him in the remote Danish countryside, with the intention of writing a book about their encounter. The confrontration between the two men will leave no one unscathed.
original title: | Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
country: | France |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Emmanuel Bourdieu |
release date: | FR 9/03/2016 |
screenplay: | Emmanuel Bourdieu, Marcia Romano |
cast: | Denis Lavant, Géraldine Pailhas, Philip Desmeules, Rick Hancke, Marijke Pinoy |
cinematography by: | Marie Spencer |
film editing: | Benoît Quinon |
art director: | Eugénie Collet, Florence Vercheval |
costumes designer: | Christophe Pidré, Florence Scholtes |
music: | Grégoire Hetzel |
producer: | Jacques Kirsner |
co-producer: | Christophe Louis, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn |
production: | Jem Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Orange Studio, Be-Films |
distributor: | Paradis Films |