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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2005 - 16.23 July

Sections & Films

SUZANNE

Category: Edition 2005

Synopsis

In 1943, Joseph was arrested by the Germans in front of his thirteen year old daughter, in the apartment where they were hiding. By abandoning his daughter, Joseph saved her life. Suzanne is 75 today. She is my grandmother. This is her story.

Original Title SUZANNE
Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Short Film
Duration 6' 45''
Production Year 2005
Nationality France
Directed by Mona Achache
Screenplay Mona Achache
Based on the book "Suzanne" (short story)
by Suzanne Achache-Wiznitzer
Director of photography Patrick Blossier
Editor Julia Grégory, Valentine Pradille
Production Design Yves Brover
Costume Design Ursula Paredes Choto
Sound Laurent Poirier
Main cast Suzanne Achache-Wiznitzer (Suzanne)
Alysse Hallali (Suzanne 13)
Sam Karmann (Joseph)
Jonas Piechnik
Till Bahlmann
Produced by Patrick Blossier, Camille Bonvallet
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suzanne regMona Achache

Born 1981, Paris. After an education specialising in theatre and literature she worked as assistant director in fiction films and documentaries. At the age of 20 she became a mother. One year later she made a documentary on child-birth. She is currently filming her second documentary on the subject of ethnic and cultural mixing in a maternity ward in Saint-Denis, a suburb to the north of Paris. SUZANNE is her first short film.

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Festival contact
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