Home (2008/II)

Director:

Ursula Meier

Writers:

Ursula Meier (scenario) &
Antoine Jaccoud (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

29 October 2008 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Life for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened. |

Plot Keywords:

Highway | Sunscreen | Cigarette Smoking | Beautiful Woman | Rubbing Suntan Lotion On Someone

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Marthe
Olivier Gourmet	...	Michel
Adélaïde Leroux	...	Judith
Madeleine Budd	...	Marion
Kacey Mottet Klein	...	Julien
Renaud Rivier	...	Copain Julien 1
Kilian Torrent	...	Copain Julien 2
Nicolas Del Sordo	...	Copain Julien 3
Hugo Saint-James	...	Copain Julien 4
Virgil Berset	...	Copain Julien 5
Ivailo Ivanov	...	L'éboueur
Jean-François Stévenin	...	(voice)
David Collin	...	(voice)
Valdimir Sartori	...	(voice) (as Valdo Sartori)
Stéphane Gabioud	...	(voice)
Marc Berman	...	Radiotauroute (voice)

Directed by
Ursula Meier

Writing credits
Ursula Meier		(scenario) &
Antoine Jaccoud		(scenario) &
Raphaëlle Valbrune		(scenario) &
Gilles Taurand		(scenario) &
Olivier Lorelle		(scenario)
Alice Winocour		(collaboration)

Produced by
Elodie Brunner	....	assistant producer
Denis Delcampe	....	producer
Denis Freyd	....	producer
Thierry Spicher	....	producer
Elena Tatti	....	producer
Isabelle Truc	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Agnès Godard

Film Editing by
François Gédigier
Nelly Quettier
Susana Rossberg

Casting by
Brigitte Moidon

Makeup Department
Anna Andreeva	....	makeup artist
Antonella Prestigiacomo	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Thomas Alfandari	....	production manager
Julien Sigalas	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elitza Gueorguieva	....	second assistant director
Maurad Kara	....	second assistant director
Mathieu Schiffman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Atanas Cherkezov	....	set dresser
Maria Doicheva	....	painter
Rekha Musale	....	property master
Radoslav Stoyanov	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Quentin Collette	....	assistant sound editor
Etienne Curchod	....	sound editor
Aline Gavroy	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Valène Leroy	....	dialogue editor
Franco Piscopo	....	sound mixer
Olivier Thys	....	assistant foley artist

Special Effects by
Serge Umé	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Julien Chandelle	....	digital compositor
Eric Dupont	....	digital compositor
Marc Umé	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Hristo Idakiev	....	best boy electric
Alaux Jean-Marc	....	lighting balloon technician
Pierre-Yves Le Mée	....	key grip
Jérôme Prébois	....	still photographer
Olivier Regent	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Caroline D'Hondt	....	casting: children (as Caroline D'Hont)
Valérianne Poidevin	....	casting: children
Orlin Valchev	....	casting: Bulgaria
Ilka Valcheva	....	casting: Bulgaria

Editorial Department
Todor G. Todorov	....	telecine colorist
Thomas Vanthuyne	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Frank Beauvais	....	music consultant
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant

Other crew
Nathalie Tellier	....	production accountant
Élodie Van Beuren	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Box Productions
• Archipel 35
• Need Productions
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (co-production)
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (co-production)
• Eurimages (support)
• Office Fédéral de la Culture (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Cinémage 2 (in association with)
• Soficinéma 3 (in association with)

Distributors

• Filmcoopi Zürich (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Blaq Out (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Arsenal (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Lorber Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Lorber Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Primer Plano Film Group (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Teodora Film (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Barbar Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Cinemax (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Lorber Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Soda Pictures (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• good movies! (2010) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Graphics

Also Known As:

"Domov" - Czech Republic
"Home" - Argentina (festival title)
"Home ¿Dulce hogar?" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Home - Casa dolce casa" - Italy
"Home - Lar doce lar" - Portugal
"Otthon az úton" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Spiti me thea" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Yuva" - Turkey (Turkish title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Switzerland | France | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:16 | USA:Not Rated | UK:15 (DVD)

Company:

Box Productions

Soundtrack:

Wild is the Wind

French oddness

I was first intrigued to see this movie due to the story a bit odd and expecting the talented Isabelle Huppert to be as her usual a rainbow of emotions. All the actors were believable, the story was unusual. It is typical in french movies to add oddness to familiar details but also reflect a variety of feelings.

Somehow, the film is taking a stranger and stranger way and takes the viewer far more than what he had imagined. Different messages went through, and I appreciated the effort but all and all, the movie disappointed me. It is stereotyping people of low social class. You will for sure remember this movie, but don't expect to feel anything once you arrived at the end. Was just decently enjoyable.