La vie d'une autre (2012)

Director:

Sylvie Testud

Writers:

Claire Lemaréchal (screenplay)
Sylvie Testud (screenplay)
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Release Date:

15 February 2012 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A young woman falls in love, then wakes up a decade later as the mother of a young boy who is also in the middle of a divorce.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Divorce | Mother Son Relationship | Amnesia | Breakfast

Cast

Juliette Binoche	...	Marie Speranski
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Paul Speranski
Aure Atika	...	Jeanne
Danièle Lebrun	...	Denise Bontant
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Dimitri Speranski
Yvi Dachary-Le Béon	...	Adam Speranski
François Berléand	...	Maître Volin
Marie-Christine Adam	...	Babouchka Speranski
Nicolas Carpentier	...	Marc Speranski
Albert Spiner	...	Jacques Bontant
Gaëlle Boghossian	...	Florence Malerba
Didier Raymond	...	Doncteur Jean Vincard
Sylvie Herbert	...	Rita
Francine Laffineuse	...	Mme Chemin
Daniela Bisconti	...	Mme Trochot
Eric Prat	...	Le vendeur de journaux
Docteur Pieri	...	Le médecin
Marina Tomé	...	La concierge Besuin
Charlotte Pétin	...	La pâtissière
Fabien Voyer	...	Un passant
Astrid Whettnall	...	Maître Simono
Stéphane Auberghen	...	La juge
Audrey Langle	...	Mona
Caty Baccega	...	La réceptionniste RIM (as Cathy Baccega)
Julie Dray	...	Séverine
Pierre Deny	...	Monsieur Cornette
Gabriel Boisante	...	Le jeune cadre RIM
Jérôme Varanfrain	...	Carlin
Mandy Graff	...	L'hôtesse La Mirabelle
Nilton Martins	...	Homme réunion RIM
Finnur Dór Thordarson	...	Homme réunion RIM
Jean-Michel Larre	...	Homme réunion RIM
Laetitia Rochas	...	La coloriste
Frédéric Maeterlinck	...	Le voisin Denise
Alix De la Follye de Joux	...	Femme dédicace
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacob Cedertun	...	Ofiice Clerk
Sheila Molitor	...	Receptionist
Massimo Brancatelli	...	Un homme d' affaires (uncredited)
Claude Breda	...	(uncredited)
Patrizio Conti	...	Serveur Mirabelle (uncredited)
Dean Constantin Gaigani	...	Marketing Employee (uncredited)

Directed by
Sylvie Testud

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Frederique Deghelt		novel
Claire Lemaréchal		screenplay
Sylvie Testud		screenplay

Produced by
David Grumbach	....	co-producer
Emmanuel Jacquelin	....	producer
Emmanuelle Lacaze	....	co-producer
Jean-Jacques Neira	....	co-producer
Laurent Pétin	....	producer
Michèle Pétin	....	producer
Hubert Toint	....	co-producer

Original Music by
André Dziezuk

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast

Film Editing by
Yann Malcor

Casting by
Karen Hottois
Gérard Moulévrier
Katja Wolf

Production Design by
Christina Schaffer

Costume Design by
Emmanuelle Youchnowski

Makeup Department
Katja Reinert-Alexis	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Olivier Abrassart	....	production manager
Céline André	....	assistant production manager
Sébastien Fernandes Tasch	....	production manager
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	production manager
Pierre Lochardet	....	assistant unit manager
Karine Petite	....	unit manager
Nicolas Roucou	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Baudouin du Bois	....	second assistant director
Jean-Louis Frémont	....	first assistant director
Monika Lorena Alfonso Mendoza	....	second assistant director
Carole Schmidlin	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Klaus Bienen	....	construction foreman
Camille Bougon-Pigneul	....	props
Thomas Ferrandis	....	carpenter
Sylvia Kasel	....	set decorator assistant
François Mast	....	carpenter
Edouard Pallardy	....	head painter
Thomas Pitre	....	first assistant art director
Nicolas Poivret	....	carpenter assistant
Barbara Prati	....	stand-by props
Julie Ridremont	....	painter
Marc Ridremont	....	carpenter
Jan Rott	....	set decoration buyer
Bart van Lint	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Rémi Daru	....	boom operator
Angelo Dos Santos	....	dialogue editor
Angelo Dos Santos	....	sound editor
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Aline Gavroy	....	foley sound mixer
François Maurel	....	sound
Michel Schillings	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ingrid Simon	....	sound editor
Olivier Thys	....	assistant foley artist
Philippe van Leer	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Etienne Allard	....	digital compositor
Adrien Garcia	....	digital compositor
Celine Goriot	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Fredrik Monteil	....	digital compositor
Arnaud Ortmann	....	digital compositor
David Sanchez	....	digital compositor
Michaël Schaack	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Bialas	....	camera operator
Perrine Dufau	....	third camera assistant
Pierre-Hugues Galien	....	additional cinematographer
Sascha Heyar	....	grip
Olivier Koos	....	digital imaging technician
Fabrizio Maltese	....	still photographer
Aleks Sandrine Neumuller	....	daily electrician
Laura Pieters	....	second assistant camera
Michaël Schaack	....	grip
Didier Schokkaert	....	assistant camera
Didier Versolatto	....	gaffer
Laurent Wallerang	....	key grip

Casting Department
Michaël Bier	....	casting: Belgium

Editorial Department
Alice Plantin	....	additional editor (as Plantin Alice)

Music Department
Emmanuel Lipszyc	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Gaby Meyers	....	facility/truck driver
Paolo Signorini	....	transportation

Other crew
Christophe Bernard	....	location scout
Anne Degremont	....	production administrator
Stephane Martel	....	set production assistant: Nice
Marine Meillan	....	assistant: Mathieu Kassovitz
Caroline Ruelle	....	location scout

Thanks
Maxime Delauney	....	musical special thanks

Production Companies

• Dialogues Films (co-production)
• ARP Sélection (co-production)
• Numéro 4 Production (co-production)
• Paul Thiltges Distributions (co-production)
• Saga Film (I) (co-production)
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (co-production)
• Film Fund Luxembourg (support)
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (support)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Soficinéma 8 (support)
• Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Dexia (support)
• Région Wallone (support)
• Bruxelles Capitale (support)

Distributors

• Kinology (2012) (worldwide) (all media) (international sales)
• ARP Sélection (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Imagine Film Distribution (IFD) (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (all media)
• Videorama (2012) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Location Consulting & Facilities  facility vehicles
• Philophon  sound post-production
• TSF.be-ATHALYS  camera equipment provided by
• Vantage Film  HAWK anamorphic lenses provided by

Also Known As:

"Another Woman's Life" - International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Hayim shel isha aheret" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

France | Luxembourg | Belgium

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

Dialogues Films