Civil Wars in France
Joël Farges
Joël Farges
Vincent Nordon
Vincent Nordon
François Barat
François Barat
Casts & Crew
Romain
Philippe Collin
Colette Fellous
Jean-Loup Rivière
Didier Bezace
Alain Macé
Martine Bertrand
Rosine Cadoret
André Valverde
Marc de Jonge
Gilles Raab
Pierre Vial
Anne Wiazemsky
Georges Azentark
Philippe Blon
Gérard Boucaron
Serge Casado
Pierre Charras
Albert Delpy
Julie Delpy
Thierry Farges
Brigitte Fossey
Sami Frey
Suzel Goffre
Roséliane Goldstein
Arthur Haas
Didier Haudepin
Lisbeth Heulle
Nicole Hiss
Claude Hébert
Catherine Jourdan
Gilles Katz
Jean Lescot
Valère Novarina
Jacques Pater
Marie Pillet
Odile Poisson
Anna Prucnal
Sarah Sterling
Nada Strancar
Michèle Veinard
Also Directed by Joël Farges
Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.
Mario and his brother Alonso become committed to fishing in a coral-reef in the southern Philippines. With many other children of different origin they work for starvation wages on the ship of unscrupulous captain Murène. Together they drive shoals of fish into a big fish trap having to use the dangerous muro-ami technique in the coral-reefs. Fastened to a stone, the little divers jump into the water to reach the depth faster. Without any equipment they dive down 30 meters. The brutal captain treats the exhausted children like slaves
The story of three young people in 1951, when the former French trading post of Pondicherry is attached to India.
Cannes Film Festival 1981
Also Directed by Vincent Nordon
Film comprised of six vignettes each illustrating one aspect of life in the French capital, each set in a different area of the city.
Short film part of Paris Vu Par... 20 Years After