Les bas-fonds

Les hommes les meilleurs du pays

Switzerland, May 2000
FILM, Documentary, 78 min.

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directed by
Denise Gilliand
Written by
Denise Gilliand, Pierre-André Thiébaud
Status
In distribution
Website
www.rebond-art.ch

Thirty or so homeless people become actors for the space of a few months to interpret the roles of people like themselves in the play “The Lower Depths”, by Maxim Gorky. The story, which is a painful blend of misery, injustice and charity enacted in a world of mud, reflects a deep love of mankind. From the mean streets of reality to this triumph on the stage of Théâtre National de Chaillot, the film shows the most poignant moments of a metamorphosis… of brief duration?

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World Premiere
May 2000
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 78 min.
Production
PCT Cinéma Télévision SA
Producer
Pierre-André Thiébaud
directed by
Denise Gilliand
Written by
Denise Gilliand, Pierre-André Thiébaud
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Meier
Editing
Karine Sudan
Location Sound Mix
Jérôme Ayasse

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World Rights
PCT Cinéma Télévision SA

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Moa Distribution Distribution

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