Carnages (2002)

Réalisateur:

Delphine Gleize

Scénariste:

Delphine Gleize (writer)

Date de sortie:

13 novembre 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

After a bull dies in an arena, its remains are transported throughout Belgium, France, and Spain, where various characters cross its path.

Plot Keywords:

Bull | Spain | Taxidermist | Arena | Bone

Récompenses:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Intriguing, well-made and sometimes funny

Ensemble

Chiara Mastroianni	...	Carlotta
Ángela Molina	...	Alicia
Lio	...	Betty
Lucia Sanchez	...	Jeanne
Esther Gorintin	...	Rosie
Marilyne Even	...	Lucie
Clovis Cornillac	...	Alexis
Jacques Gamblin	...	Jacques
Féodor Atkine	...	Paco
Bernard Sens	...	Luc
Pascal Bongard	...	Henri
Raphaëlle Molinier	...	Winnie
Julien Lescarret	...	Victor
Juliette Noureddine	...	Monica
Luc Delhumeau	...	The Deaf Man

Réalisé par
Delphine Gleize

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Delphine Gleize		writer

Produit par
Antonio Bazaga	....	associate producer
Denis Delcampe	....	associate producer
Jérôme Dopffer	....	producer

Musique originale
Éric Neveux
Labo Orchestra

Image
Crystel Fournier

Montage
François Quiqueré

Distribution des rôles
Antoinette Boulat
Stéphane Touitou

Création des décors
André Fonsny

Création des costumes
Marielle Robaut

Maquillage
Christine Lambert	....	key hair stylist
Lisa Schonker	....	key makeup artist

Directeur de production
Olivier Michel	....	unit production manager
Olivier 'Jones' Michel	....	unit production manager
Bruno Nizzola	....	assistant unit manager
Philippe Rey	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Fabrice Barnier	....	second assistant director
Olivier Genet	....	first assistant director
Laurent Lemarchand	....	second assistant director
Céline Savoldelli	....	second second assistant director

Département Art
Françoise Joset	....	props
Patrice Velut	....	property master

Technicien du son
Pierre André	....	sound
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Marc Doisne	....	adr engineer
Marc Doisne	....	foley engineer
Marc Doisne	....	sound recordist
Ludovic Escallier	....	boom operator
Gabriel Hafner	....	sound re-recording mixer
François Musy	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects
Nabila Daniault	....	digital grader

Caméra et Département Electrique
Céline Bozon	....	assistant camera
Cyril Colmant	....	grip
Emile Dubuisson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Christophe Galvan	....	gaffer
Stephan Massis	....	director of photography: additional photography
Richard Mercier	....	Steadicam operator
David Padilla	....	grip
Jacques Parmentier	....	key grip
Charlotte Poye	....	electrician
Javier Ruiz Gomez	....	second assistant camera
Olivier Sargatal	....	electrician

Divers
Roselyne Bellec	....	script supervisor
Jean Vintrou	....	production administrator

Companies de production

• Balthazar Productions
• France 3 Cinéma
• Need Productions
• Oasis Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
• PCT Cinéma & Télévision S.A.
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
• Studio Canal
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)

Distributeurs

• Euro Space (Japan) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (France)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Wellspring Media (2003) (USA) (subtitled)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Carnage (International: English title)
Carnages (Spain)

Durée:

130 min

Pays:

France | Belgium | Spain | Switzerland

Langue:

Français | Espagnol | Italien | Polonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated | UK:15 | Brazil:16 | Italy:VM14

Lieux de tournage:

Belgium

Société:

Balthazar Productions

Intriguing, well-made and sometimes funny

A movie about various characters in three countries and a dead bull? This could easily be one of those tedious, plotless, arty French films I hate so much. In fact, it isn't. Carnages is an intriguing, well-made and sometimes funny movie, well worth seeing. The storyline centres around the remains of a dead bull, that one way or another turn up in the lives of the main characters, sometimes with dramatic consequences. This alone makes pleasant viewing for superficial moviegoers, but behind the main storyline are many layers the director invites us to explore. One of them is the parent-child relationship. One of the first scenes shows a bullfighter talking about his father, the movie ends with two brothers reunited with their long-lost father. One of them is father of quintuplets, the other lives with his mother. Another theme is the life-death contrast, and no doubt there are others I didn't discover. Feel free to do so yourself. Despite these themes and the various interwoven storylines, the movie isn't hard to view. There are many little jokes and funny situations. When one of the main characters orders eight pizza's for three people, this seems ridiculous. Only later the viewer realizes his pregnant wife was expecting quintuplets at that moment. What makes the movie even more enjoyable are the beautiful shots and the outstanding acting. In this film a shot of a little girl watching a bullfight on TV is an exciting scene. That's a difficult job to accomplish.