VILLA AMALIA
synopsis
Like the straw that breaks the camel's back, one night Ann sees Thomas kissing another woman and she decides to leave him, to leave everything behind. She's a musician and only music has a hold over her, but it doesn't hold her back. Music is everything to her. Georges, a childhood acquaintance, appears on the scene. Empowered by his friendship, Ann breaks up with Thomas and leaves. Setting out to face her origins and her destiny, she finds an island, there where the Villa Amalia stands.
original title: | Villa Amalia |
country: | France |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Benoît Jacquot |
film run: | 91' |
release date: | FR 08/04/2009, BE 03/06/2009, NL 21/01/2010, ES 18/06/2010, UK 25/06/2010, DE 25/11/2010 |
screenplay: | Benoît Jacquot, Julien Boivent |
cast: | Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois, Maya Sansa, Clara Bindi |
cinematography by: | Caroline Champetier |
film editing: | Katia Wyszkop |
costumes designer: | Nathalie Lecoultre |
producer: | Edouard Weil |
production: | Rectangle Productions, EuropaCorp, Point Prod, France 3 Cinéma |
distributor: | EuropaCorp Distribution, Victory Productions, Karma Films, Filmfreak Distributie, Peccadillo Pictures, Peripher Filmverleih |