Avanti
a film by Emmanuelle Antille
Avanti
A film by Emmanuelle Antille
- 2012
- Switzerland, Belgium
- 85 minutes
- VO French – FR, DE, IT, EN, PT, AL subtitles
At odds with her family, her job and her boyfriend, Lea, 28, can’t stand the fact that her mother has been sent to a mental hospital yet again. During a weekend outing she decides to run away with her.
On the road and far away from family pressure, mother and daughter will discover an intense feeling of freedom and attempt, for the first time, to understand one another and confront the reality of an illness.
Avanti
A film by Emmanuelle Antille
- 2012
- Switzerland, Belgium
- 85 minutes
- VO French – FR, DE, IT, EN, PT, AL subtitles
At odds with her family, her job and her boyfriend, Lea, 28, can’t stand the fact that her mother has been sent to a mental hospital yet again. During a weekend outing she decides to run away with her.
On the road and far away from family pressure, mother and daughter will discover an intense feeling of freedom and attempt, for the first time, to understand one another and confront the reality of an illness.
Awards
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
- Emile Cantillon Jury “Découverte” award
FESTIVALS
World Premiere : Zurich Film Festival
Festival international du film francophone de Namur
Mostra Sao Paulo
Festival international du Caire
La Semaine du Film Français à Berlin
Festival du Film de Trieste
Journées de Soleure
crédits
With
Hanna Schygulla
Nina Meurisse
Miou-Miou
Jean-Pierre Gos
Christophe Réveille
Monique Mélinand
Directed by
Emmanuelle Antille
Photography
Stephane Kuthy
Editing
Anne-Laure Guégan
Sound recording
Eric Ghersinu
Sound design
Julie Brenta
Hélène Lamy-au-Rousseau
Sound-recording mixer
Emmanuel de Boissieu
First assistant director
Antonin Schopfer
Script supervisor
Colette Pittier
Set Designer
Fabrizio Nicora
Props manager
Chloé Pompon-Levainville
Costume designer
Maria Muscalu
Make up
Véronique Jaggi
Hairstyle
Romaric Colombini
Assunta Fico
Gaffer
Eric Walter
Grip
Blaise Bauquis
Production manager
Adrian Blaser
Unit Production manager
Marc Burger
Production
Box Productions
Versus Production
In coproduction with
RTS – SSR SRG Succès passage antenne
Distribution
Suisse
Filmcoopi
France
Pointligneplan
Broadcast
RTS
biographie de la réalisatrice
Born in Lausanne in 1972, Emmanuelle Antille first studied Visual Arts from 1991 to 1996. In 1997 she joined the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. She exhibited her work worldwide and appeared in numerous video festivals (Zurich, New York, Cairo, Vilnius, Salamanca) where she won several awards such as the Prize of the Fonds de décoration of Geneva, three federal prizes, two Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize and a Migros Prize. In 2003, she represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale. AVANTI is her first feature film.
