UnforgivableTerminus des Anges

Overview

Credits non contractual

  • Awards:

    • Love, betrayal, forgiveness and unforgiving attitudes riddle this compelling drama in beautiful, romantic Venice. The new movie by André Téchiné.

  • Details:

    • Romance - French - 2010
    • Color

  • Based on:

    • the novel "Impardonnables" ("Unforgivable") by Philippe Djian

  • Directed by:

    • André Téchiné (The Witnesses, Changing Times - Berlin Film Festival 2005: In Official Competition)

  • Cast:

    • André Dussollier (Micmacs, Tell No One, 36, A Very Long Engagement, Officer's Ward - Best Supporting Actor at the Cesar Awards 2002, Children of the Marshlands)
    • Carole Bouquet (You'll Miss Me, See How They Run)
    • Mélanie Thierry (One for the Road - Best Supporting Actress at the Cesar Awards 2010)
    • Adriana Asti (La Meglio Gioventu)

  • Produced by:

    • Saïd Ben Saïd - SBS Films

  • Delivery:

    • 2011

  • Medias:

  • Photos

    • Photos soon available

  • Synopsis

    Francis, 60, arrives in Venice seeking peace and quiet to write his next crime novel. Looking to rent a small apartment, he meets Judith, a former model turned real estate broker much younger than him. For Francis, it's love at first sight.
    Judith and Francis move in together in a remote house on Torcello island.
    But his happiness stops Francis writing. Instead, he wonders what Judith does while at work. He hires an ex-young offender, Jérémie, to tail her.
    What will Jérémie find out? Where in Venice's tangle of streets will Judith take us?
    A curious triangle forms between the aging author, the modern woman and the violent social outcast...

  • Crew

    A film by
    André Téchiné
    (The Witnesses, Changing Times - Berlin Film Festival 2005: In Official Competition)

    Based on the novel "Impardonnables"     ("Unforgivable") by Philippe Djian

    Producer
    Saïd Ben Saïd - SBS FILMS

    Cinematographer
    Julien Hirsch
    (Korkoro, Lady Chatterley - Best Cinematography at the Cesar Awards 2007)

  • Director’s notes

    This is a romantic project whose starting point was Philippe Djian's novel. I liked the main character's battle. Francis is middle-aged and has to defend his capabilities as a lover, a father and a writer. He is constantly fighting a battle on three fronts. So, in my eyes, it is above all an action movie that I want to make. An action movie in the field of emotions, where the twists in relationships become the source of suspense.

    Philippe Djian's novel is written from a single point of view, that of the narrator, Francis. We have introduced into the film the point of view of his partner, Judith. Alternating between these points of view underpins the action and continuity of the scene. With the aim of drawing out the key elements in their relationship through their personal experience of events. Sometimes together. Sometimes separately.

    To show how they unwittingly destroy themselves, how fierce is the competition between the options of solitude and living together and how salvation always remains ambiguous.

    This is a romantic project whose starting point was Philippe Djian's novel. I liked the main character's battle. Francis is middle-aged and has to defend his capabilities as a lover, a father and a writer. He is constantly fighting a battle on three fronts. So, in my eyes, it is above all an action movie that I want to make. An action movie in the field of emotions, where the twists in relationships become the source of suspense.

    Philippe Djian's novel is written from a single point of view, that of the narrator, Francis. We have introduced into the film the point of view of his partner, Judith. Alternating between these points of view underpins the action and continuity of the scene. With the aim of drawing out the key elements in their relationship through their personal experience of events. Sometimes together. Sometimes separately.

    To show how they unwittingly destroy themselves, how fierce is the competition between the options of solitude and living together and how salvation always remains ambiguous.

    ANDRE TECHINE

  • André Téchiné

    Biography

    Born in 1943 at Valence-d'Agen     (Tarn-et-Garonne), André
    Téchiné worked as a film critic from 1964-67 for the influential film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma before making his debut as
    a film director in 1969 with Pauline s'en va, which made it to
    the Venice International Film Festival.
    His interest in society's evolution,     (his works deal with matters
    such as divorce, delinquency, AIDS...) and gripping depiction
    of human relations have become his trademark.
    A popular movie figure in France, André Téchiné has since
    enjoyed tremendous critical acclaim worldwide, many of his
    works having been awarded at high profile festivals. Such is
    the case of Barocco     (1976-three Césars awards), Rendez-vous (1985-Awarded "Best Director" at Cannes), Les roseaux
    sauvages     (Wild Reeds, 1994-Four Césars including "Best
    film" and "Best Director", "Best Language Foreign Film" by
    both the New York Film Critics and US National Society of
    Film Critics), ...
    These works and many others have shown Téchiné's remarkable ability to draw strong performances out of his female performers, some of which include his country's most respected actresses such as Juliette Binoche, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Adjani.


    Selective filmography

    2009 THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN / LA FILLE DU RER

    2007 THE WITNESSES / LES TEMOINS
    Berlin Film Festival - In Official Competition

    2004 CHANGING TIMES / LES TEMPS QUI CHANGENT
    Berlin Film Festival - In Official Competition

    2003 STRAYED / LES EGARES
    Cannes Film Festival - In Official Competition

    1996 LES VOLEURS
    Cannes Film Festival - In Official Competition

    1996 MA SAISON PREFEREE / MY FAVOURITE SEASON
    Cannes Film Festival - In Official Competition

    1994 WILD REEDS / LES ROSEAUX SAUVAGES
    Cesar Awards - Best Film, Best Writing and Best Director

  • THE NOVEL