Passion simple

Passion simple
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 96 (in minutes)
http://lesfilmspelleas.com/film/passion-simple-2020

A gripping adaptation of French writer Annie Ernaux's best-selling novel, adapted for the screen by Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid.

The film crafts a portrait of the addictive relationship between a mysterious Russian diplomat and a mother, with the latter's psyche gradually dissolving as she waits for a man with whom she shares nothing in common.

A film by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)

Lebanon / France / Belgium, 2020, Feature narrative, 1h36

With Laetitia Dosch and Sergei Polunin.


Production : LES FILMS PELLÉAS (France/Belgium) -
International Sales : PYRAMIDE INTERNATIONAL -
French Distribution : PYRAMIDE DISTRIBUTION


A film by Danielle Arbid

2020
4th feature


2020 | 73rd Cannes festival, France
* Official Selection - THE NEWCOMERS

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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