Avril (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

Guionista:

Gérald Hustache-Mathieu (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 junio 2006 (France)

Plot:

Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved...

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The novice's story

Reparto

Sophie Quinton	...	Avril
Miou-Miou	...	Soeur Bernadette, formerly Flora Romano
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	Pierre
Clément Sibony	...	David
Richaud Valls	...	Jim
Geneviève Casile	...	Mère Marie-Joseph
Monique Mélinand	...	Soeur Céleste
Anna Mihalcea	...	Flora
Claude Duty	...	Père Jean Diard
Mathilde Mignot	...	Avril enfant
Frédéric Quiring	...	Le père adoptif de David
Marie Vinoy	...	La mère adoptive de David
Milo Hustache-Mathieu	...	David enfant
Gisèle Boiteux	...	Une Trappistine
Denise Billot	...	Une Trappistine
Marie-Ange Rougnon-Blasson	...	Une Trappistine
Raymonde Genre-Jazelet	...	Une Trappistine
Monique Bouheret	...	Une Trappistine
Françoise Pagnot	...	Une Trappistine
Jacqueline Prêtre	...	Une Trappistine
Solange Schelle	...	Une Trappistine
Monique Huot-Marchand	...	Une Trappistine
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Inès Boubelki	...	Une enfant du centre de loisirs
Sidolin Coppin	...	Un enfant du centre de loisirs
Alicia Cousyns	...	Une enfant du centre de loisirs
Lucas Cuallado	...	Un enfant du centre de loisirs
Guillaume Gilly	...	Un enfant du centre de loisirs
Isée Lopez	...	Une enfant du centre de loisirs
Emma Marchetti	...	Une enfant du centre de losirs
Joris Orby-Régnier	...	Un enfant du centre de loisirs
Marine Rousseau	...	Une fillette du centre de loisirs
Emmanuel Rydek	...	Un enfant du centre de loisirs

Dirigida por
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu		writer

Producida por
Isabelle Madelaine	....	producer
Luc Besson	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Fotografía por
Aurélien Devaux

Montaje por
François Quiqueré

Casting
Madeleine Léo
Emmanuelle Prévost

Diseño de producción por
Françoise Arnaud

Diseño de vestuario por
Sophie Schaal

Departamento de maquillaje
Laurence Otteny	....	key makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Matthieu Chambon	....	assistant unit manager
Gaëtane Josse	....	unit production manager
Christian Paumier	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Hadrien Bichet	....	third assistant director
Nicolas Guilleminot	....	first assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Philippe Boulenouar	....	construction manager

Departamento de sonido
Pierre André	....	sound
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicolas Delcroix	....	boom operator

Visual Effects
François Dumoulin	....	visual effects supervisor

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Camille Bonin	....	grip
François Comparot	....	key grip
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Magali Thirion	....	first assistant camera
Charlotte Vitroly	....	second assistant camera

Departamento de Edición
Vladimir Rodionov	....	assistant editor (as Vladimir Rodionoff)

Otros miembros del equipo
Tony Arnoux	....	press attache
Julie Lecoeur	....	location scout: Normandy
André-Paul Ricci	....	press attache
Christine Richard	....	script supervisor

Compañías Productores

• Dharamsala
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Région Haute-Normandie (participation)
• Sofica Europacorp (in association with)
• Soficinéma (in association with)
• Cofinova 2 (in association with)
• Région Provence Côte d'Azur (with the support of)
• Procirep (with the support of)
• Angoa-Agicoa (with the support of)

Distribuidores

• Agora Films S.A. (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (French-speaking region)
• Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• Films Distribution (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Haut et Court (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Les Films Séville (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sagrera TV (2007) (Spain) (all media)

Otras Compañías

• Ercidan  titles
• Kodak  film stock
• Laboratoires Éclair  laboratory services

También conocida como:

April in Love (International: English title)
Les poils du pinceau (France) (working title)

Duración:

France:96 min

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | France:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Calvados, France

Compañía:

Dharamsala

Banda de Sonido:

Aline

The novice's story

A very offbeat exciting film debut for Gerald Hustache-Mathieu.With "Avril", his first full-length film, the fledgling movie-maker has opted for a story set in and out of a convent, with a young nun as its central character, which is going against the flow, particularly in the France of 2006,not a particularly religious country. Which also makes viewing this U.F.O. an intriguing and rewarding experience.

Hustache-Mathieu (what a name!) must first be congratulated on his miraculous soft touch. One of the themes being that of a young nun awakening to "secular" life, one could have feared some smutty details, which luckily never happens. For, although Avril gradually discovers her body and ends up bathing in the nude, vulgarity is never on the agenda. Likewise, although Pierre, a traveling hardware merchant, develops a crush on her and the two young men they meet and mix with are gay, nothing dirty is ever shown. The writer-director respects his characters and his empathy is communicative. We feel good with these three-dimensional characters and we would like them to exist in real life to prolong the pleasure of their company.

Also pleasant is the skilfully devised plot. The director has a knack for doling out surprises throughout the story and we never know in advance where he is leading us.At the beginning, "Avril" tells the tale of a novice about to take her vows, then it changes to Avril discovering her twin brother and his lover in the company of Pierre in a holiday atmosphere. The final chapter throws light on all the mysteries (Who is Avril's biological mother? Why wasn't Avril told before that she had a brother?) only to tip into violence and more mystery.

This stimulating narration is enhanced by topnotch acting: Sophie Quinton, impeccably going through all the stages of the evolution of her character from awkward naive nun to full-fledged woman, leads the cast. But all the others are wonderful as well, from Miou-Miou as a distressed sister to Geneviève Casile as the demented Mother Superior, from Nicolas Duvauchelle, adding delicacy to good looks, to Richaud Valls, both hilarious and engaging.

All in all an original first film by a gifted new French movie-maker, avoiding to fall into the traps too many of his colleagues eagerly fall into: arty self-absorption or prime time vulgarity.