Le monde à l'envers

The World Upside Down
Una vita alla rovescia

Switzerland / France / Italy, August 1998
FILM, Fiction, 100 min.

Save as Favorite
directed by
Rolando Colla
Written by
Rolando Colla, Elena Pedrazzoli
Status
In distribution

As a child Anne witnesses the public execution of a cockerel, which is supposed to have laid an egg. Sixteen years later, in the same village square, somewhere in Brittany during the 18th century, she experiences personal humiliation. Her husband-to-be, Yann, fails to turn up to the wedding and is nowhere to be found. Desperate, Anne leaves the village wearing Yann's clothes. Dressed as a ship's boy she discovers the masculine seaman's world and a sexuality which is foreign to her. She lives under the constant threat of being unmasked and sentenced to death. In the meantime, Yann has turned up again and learns of her embarkation. He makes his way to Marseilles on foot to find his love again and save her.

Da bambina, Anna assiste all'uccisione pubblica di un gallo di cui si dice che ha deposto un uovo. Sedici anni più tardi, nello stesso luogo, da qualche parte della Bretagna del XVIII secolo, Anna subisce una profonda umiliazione: il suo fidanzato, Yann, non si presenta nel giorno delle nozze e non si fa trovare. Sconvolta, Anna lascia il villaggio con addosso gli abiti di Yann. Fingendosi un mozzo fa le sue prime esperienze nel mondo maschile e in quello di una sessualità che non conosce, temendo continuamente di essere scoperta e condannata a morte. Nel frattempo Yann è tornato e viene a sapere che Anna ha solcato il mare. Si mette in cammino verso Marsiglia per ritrovare e salvare la donna che ama.

credits

World Premiere
August 1998
Original Version
French (english subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Production
Peacock Film AG, Gaïa Films, Fandango, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Teleclub AG
Producer
Elena Pedrazzoli
directed by
Rolando Colla
Written by
Rolando Colla, Elena Pedrazzoli
Cinemato­graphy
Peter Indergand
Editing
Rolando Colla
Music
Alexander Kirschner
Production Design
Andi Schrämli
Lighting Design
Eric André, Urs Schmid, Karin Wagner, Jürg Albrecht

Cast

Sara Capretti
Roschdy Zem

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Intermedia

Worldwide Distribution

Belgium
Cooperative Nouveau Cinéma Distribution
France
EuroZoom Distribution
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Taiwan
Spring Cinema Distribution

Festivals

(a selection)

Newsletter