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Title La ville est tranquille = The town is quiet / Agat Films & Cie présente en coproduction avec Diaphana avec la participation de Canal+ das un film de Robert Guédiguian ; screenplay writers, Jean-Louis Milési, Robert Guédiguian ; director, Robert Guédiguian.

Publication Info. New York, NY : New Yorker Video, [2003]
©2000

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Edition Widescreen version.
Description 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Credits Director of photography, Bernard Cavalié ; editor, Bernard Sasia ; costume designer, Catherine Keller ; production designer, Malek Hamzaoui.
Cast Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet, Christine Brücher, Jacques Pieiller, Pascale Roberts.
Summary Michele works at a fish market to help support her long-time unemployed husband, heroin-addicted daughter and her infant grandchild. For help she turns to an ex-boyfriend with connections to the criminal world. This portrays an intense contemporary urban reality that builds to an emotionally potent conclusion.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Form Also issued on VHS.
System Details DVD, Region 1 encoding.
Awards European Film Awards, 2001: FIPRESCI Award (Robert Guédiguian)
Mons International Festival of Love Films, 2001: Best Screenplay (Robert Guédiguian)
Valladolid International Film Festival, 2000: Best Actress (Ariane Ascaride); Golden Spike (Robert Guédiguian)
Language French dialogue, English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Heroin abuse -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Foreign films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Milesi, Jean-Louis.
Guédiguian, Robert, 1953-
Ascaride, Ariane.
Darroussin, Jean-Pierre.
Meylan, Gérard.
Boudet, Jacques, 1921-
Brücher, Christine.
Pieiller, Jacques.
Roberts, Pascale.
Cavalié, Bernard.
Sasia, Bernard.
Keller, Catherine.
Hamzaoui, Malek.
AGAT Films & Cie.
Diaphana (Firm)
Studio Canal+.
New Yorker Video (Firm)
Standard No. 717119820343
Music No. NYV82003 New Yorker Video
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