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Firing Squad
Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.
Michel Andrieu
Jeremy Hole
Casts & Crew
Stephen Ouimette
Robin Renucci
Cedric Smith
Malcolm Stewart
David Hemblen
Simon de La Brosse
Albert Schultz
Charley Boorman
David Gow
Philippe Dormoy
Hume Baugh
Brent Stait
Duncan Ollerenshaw
Roch Leibovici
Louis Ferreira
Steve Marshall
Greg Morris
Chris Owen
Guillaume St-Gilles
Pascal Ternisien
Leslie Toth
Louis Tucci
David Orth
Richard Waugh
Georgia Scherman
T. Anderson Barker
Also Directed by Michel Andrieu
50 years ago, with our collective ARC, we shot the uprising of May and June 1968. From these images and some other borrowed from friendly filmmakers, we imagined this film.
The emotional interplay between an arguing couple, in love but not happy with their relationship, is meant to be the sustaining force in this crime drama with little other action. Thomas (Christophe Malavoy) has been blackmailed into carrying a shipment of explosives in his Peugeot to Egypt, where the devices will be forwarded to guerrillas on Cyprus. He brings his lover Veronique (Victoria Abril) along for the dangerous ride from Switzerland to the south, knowing the explosives can be easily detonated by accident and enemy agents as well as government agents are out to capture him. Both protagonists have a short fuse themselves, and as they separate and then come back together, their final destination looms ever closer in more ways than one.
Catherine (Juliet Berto) is the temporary head of the family while her husband, whom she loathes, is away fighting in the war. Her widowed sister-in-law Suzanne (Anna Prucnal) lives with her, and after awhile it becomes apparent that Catherine loathes her as well. The children in the house are all boys -- Catherine has two sons, twelve and thirteen, and Suzanne also has a twelve-year old. While the relationship between Suzanne and Catherine is coming to a head, Catherine is having an affair with an army officer, and the boys in the family are planning a musical performance for everyone. The crescendo may be barely audible at the beginning, but it builds up to a tragedy at the end.
When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect is her husband Ted. Adapted from the novel by Mary Higgins Clark.