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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2007 - 10.21 July

Sections & Films

LITTLE SECRETS

Category: Edition 2007

Synopsis

1962. Norbi (12) lives in Luxembourg. His father owns a shop. Norbi has mysteries to solve: what does P stand for, a letter his father often notes in his diary? Who is the killer of rue des Hauts-Fourneaux? In Norbi’s class the boss is Aloyse, older than the other pupils. The teacher’s only interested in those who are likely to pass the entrance exam for secondary school. Norbi’s one of them, but not Aloyse, who feels scorn for Norbi until the latter shows him how to steal sweets: so they become friends. Friendship ends when Aloyse tries to steal a toy from Norbi’s father’s shop. Norbi knows Fred, who talks about Nazis, deserters, mysterious words for Norbi. Fred thinks he’s discovered the identity of P on the father’s diary. He asks Norbi to help him write Gielemännchen (collaborator) on the wall of shop. Norbi has no idea what it’s all about but when he writes the word there’s an outcry in the quarter. For Norbi time has come to prove he’s no longer a child.

Original Title PERL ODER PICA
Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 90'
Production Year 2006
Nationality Luxembourg
Directed by Pol Cruchten
Screenplay Viviane Thill, François Dupeyron
Based on the book "Perl oder Pica"
by Jhemp Hoscheit
Director of photography Jerzy Palacz
Editor Thomas Woschitz
Production Design Manu Demoulling
Costume Design Isabelle Dickes
Sound Carlo Thoss
Music Angélique Nachon, Jean-Claude Nachon
Main cast Ben Hoscheit (Norbi)
André Jung (il padre/the father)
Nicole Max (la madre/the mother)
Anouk Wagener (Josette)
Luc Feit (Mr. Treines)
Myriam Müller (zia Zëss/aunt Zëss)
Produced by Jeanne Geiben, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Gabriele Kranzelbinder

little secrets regPol Cruchten

He studied at the Film School Esec in Paris. In 1989 he directed his first short film, SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE, presented in more than 20 international festivals (Oberhausen, Mosca). His feature debut is HOCHZÄITSNUECHT (1992), the first film from Luxemburg selected in Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. The film was presented all over the world (São Paulo, Stockholm) and awarded with the Max Ophüls Award in Sarrebrücken in 1993. In 1994 he directed BLACK DJU. Then he fulfilled his dream: to shoot a film in the USA: BOYS ON THE RUN. LITTLE SECRETS is his fourth feature film.

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