Mon frère se marie
a film by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Mon frère se marie
A film by Jean-Stéphane Bron
- 2006
- Switzerland, France
- 95 minutes
- VO French
Vinh, a Vietnamese refugee, was adopted 20 years earlier by a Swiss family and is now about to get married. His Vietnamese mother seizes this opportunity to finally meet the family that loved and raised her son, and to meet the people who write her postcards every Christmas telling her that the whole family is united and thinking of her. But things are not quite going the way these messages imply and the unexpected visit of Mrs Nguyen is going to cause some agitation to the family. They are now going to have to act out the forgotten roles of father, wife, brother and sister… to play the fragile comedy of happiness.
Mon frère se marie
A film by Jean-Stéphane Bron
- 2006
- Switzerland, France
- 95 minutes
- VO French
Vinh, a Vietnamese refugee, was adopted 20 years earlier by a Swiss family and is now about to get married. His Vietnamese mother seizes this opportunity to finally meet the family that loved and raised her son, and to meet the people who write her postcards every Christmas telling her that the whole family is united and thinking of her. But things are not quite going the way these messages imply and the unexpected visit of Mrs Nguyen is going to cause some agitation to the family. They are now going to have to act out the forgotten roles of father, wife, brother and sister… to play the fragile comedy of happiness.
Awards
Swiss Film Awards
- Best actor award – Jean-Luc Bideau
- Nomination for best feature film
Festival international du film francophone de Namur
- Bayard d’or for best actor – Cyril Troley
- Bayard d’or for best screenplay – Jean-Stéphane Bron and Karine Sudan
Festival du film francophone à Vienne
- TV5 audience award
FESTIVALS
World Premiere: Locarno Film Festival
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Festival de la Francophonie à Vienne
New European Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Shanghai International Film Festival
Cast & crew
With
Aurore Clément
Jean-Luc Bideau
Cyril Troley
Delphine Chuillot
Quoc Dung Nguyen
Michèle Rohrbach
Man Thu
Thanh An
Screenplay
Jean-Stéphane Bron & Karine Sudan
Photography
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Editing
Karine Sudan
Sound
Luc Yersin
Original score
Christian Garcia
Sound mixing
Laurent Dreyer
Set design
Rekha Musale
Costumes
Géraldine Orinovski
Makeup
Nathalie Monod
Artistic collaboration
Isabelle Zampiero
Production manager
Adrian Blaser
Production
Box Productions
Les Films Pelleas
In coproduction with
Télévision Suisse Romande SRG SSRidée suisse
Distribution
Switzerland
Filmcoopi
France
Haut et Court
International
Film Distribution
Broadcasts
RTS – SF – RSI – ARTE – CANAL+ – TV5 Monde
Sold territories
Poland, Qatar, Central Europe, Taïwan, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgary, Moldava, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Africa (Canal+ horizons), Thailand, Spain
Remake rights sold in the U.S “The Big Wedding” with Robert de Niro and Susan Sarandon
