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  • 2008
  • Switzerland, France, Belgium
  • 97 minutes
  • VO French – DE, IT subtitles

A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only meters away from their isolated house. Refusing to move, Marthe, Michel and their three children find innovative ways to adapt to their new environment. They continue their happy-go-lucky routine despite the daily stress of hundreds of noisy speeding cars. But suspicions about the highway’s unknown long-term dangers cause family tension. Remaining in the disrupted household might not be so easy, but it’s still their home.

 

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  • 2008
  • Switzerland, France, Belgium
  • 97 minutes
  • VO French – DE, IT subtitles

A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only meters away from their isolated house. Refusing to move, Marthe, Michel and their three children find innovative ways to adapt to their new environment. They continue their happy-go-lucky routine despite the daily stress of hundreds of noisy speeding cars. But suspicions about the highway’s unknown long-term dangers cause family tension. Remaining in the disrupted household might not be so easy, but it’s still their home.

 

Watch film in VOD

Awards

Swiss Film Awards

  • Best Swiss film
  • Best emerging talent – Kacey Mottet-Klein
  • Best screenplay – Antoine Jaccoud and Ursula Meier

Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême

  • Best Director – Ursula Meier
  • Jury’s special mention – Kacey Mottet-Klein

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur

  • Bayard d’or for best photography- Agnès Godard

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • Fipresci award
  • Best actress award: Isabelle Huppert

Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata

  • Best director

Césars – nominations

  • Best first feature film
  • Best cinematography
  • Best production design

FESTIVALS

World Premiere : Cannes – Semaine de la Critique

Festival du Film Francophone de Namur
International Film Festival Munich
Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival
Festival des Films du Monde de Montréal
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême
Tokyo International film Festival
Reykjavik International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
London Film Festival
Festival International du Film de Stokholm
New Directors – New Films, New York
San Francisco International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival

Cast & crew

With
Isabelle Hupert
Olivier Gourmet
Adélaïde Leroux
Kacey Mottet Klein
Madeleine Budd

Screenplay
Ursula Meier
with
Antoine Jaccoud
Raphaëlle Valbrune
Gilles Taurand
Olivier Lorelle
Alice Winocour

Photography
Agnès Godard

Sound
Luc Yersin

Editing
Susana Rossberg

In collaboration with
François Gédigier and Nelly Quettier

Sound editing
Etienne Curchod

Sound mixing
Franco Piscopo

Set design
Ivan Niclass

Artistic consultant
Philippe Carraz

Costumes
Anna Van Brée

Props
Rekha Musale

Makeup
Danièle Vuarin

1st assistant director
Mathieu Schiffman

Script supervisor
Elodie Van Beuren

Productions Manager
Thomas Alfandari

Postproduction manager
Julien Sigalas

Location Manager
Philippe Philippov

Production
Box Productions
Archipel 35
Need Productions

Executive production
Sofilm

In coproduction with
France 3 Cinéma
Télévision Suisse Romande SRG SSRidée suisse
RTBF

Distribution
Switzerland
Filmcoopi
France
Diaphana
Belgium
Lumière

International sales
Memento Films

Broadcasts
RTS – France 3 – RTBF – Canal+

Sold Territories
Canada, USA, Germany, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria, Scandinavia, Israel, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Central Europe, Romania, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Middle East