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Drama centred around a family who live in a house which is situated only a few metres away from a motorway which is due to be opened. When it does open, the effect of the noise and pollution takes its toll on the family members who become increasingly isolated and unbalanced.

Cast & credits

Cast

Marthe Isabelle Huppert
Michel Olivier Gourmet
Judith Adélaïde Leroux
Marion Madeleine Budd
Julien Kacey Mottet Klein
Julien's friend Renaud Rivier
Julien's friend Kilian Torrent
Julien's friend Nicolas Del Sordo
Julien's friend Hugo Saint-james
Julien's friend Virgil Berset
dustman Ivailo Ivanov
cast member Jean-François Stévenin
cast member David Collin
cast member Valdo Sartori
cast member Stéphane Gabioud
cast member Johanne Dussex
cast member Laurent Pavia
cast member Michèle Durand-vallade
cast member Ambroise Jolidon
cast member Nicole Duparc
cast member Marc Berman
cast member Victoria Turrian
cast member Alexandre Barrelet
cast member Martine Béguin
cast member Charles Sigel

Credits

Direction

Un film de Ursula Meier
1st Assistant Director Matthieu Schiffman
2nd Assistant Director Maurad Kara
2nd Assistant Director Elitza Gueorguieva
Script Supervisor Élodie van Beuren

Production

© Box Productions
© Archipel 35
© Need Productions
© France 3 Cinéma
© SRG SSR idée suisse
© RTBF (Télévision Belge)
Production Company Box Productions
Production Company Archipel 35
Production Company Need Productions
In co-production with France 3 Cinéma
In co-production with Télévision Suisse Romande
In co-production with SRG SSR idée suisse
In co-production with RTBF (Télévision Belge)
With the support of Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe
With the participation of L' Office Fédéral de la Culture Suisse du Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur
With the participation of CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie
With the participation of Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique
With the participation of télédistributeurs wallons
With the participation of Canal+
With the participation of CinéCinéma
With the participation of Fonds Régio
With the participation of Suissimage
With the participation of Ville de Genève Département de la Culture
With the participation of Fondation Vaudoise pour le Cinéma
With the participation of Pôle Image de Liège
With the participation of Région Wallonne
With the participation of Promimage
With the participation of Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique
With the participation of Wallimage
In partnership with Radio Suisse Romande - Espace 2, La
In association with Cinémage 2
In association with Soficinéma 3
With the support of i2i
With the support of Atelier du Festival - Cannes 2006
International Sales Memento Films
[Bulgaria Production Services] Sofilm
Bulgaria Executive Producer (for Sofilm) Patrick Sandrin
Producer (for Box Productions) Elena Tatti
Producer (for Box Productions) Thierry Spicher
Producer (for Archipel 35) Denis Freyd
Producer (for Need Productions) Denis Delcampe
Associate Producer (RTBF) Arlette Zylberberg
Associate Producer (Iota Productions) Isabelle Truc
Unit Production Manager Philippe Philippov
Unit Production Manager Valentin Valkov
Unit Production Manager Jean-Luc Lucas
Production Manager Thomas Alfandari
Production Co-ordinator Krassimir Hazarbassanov
Production Accountant Mariana Kassapska
Financial Director (France) Barbara Blades Turska
Production Administrator Nathalie Tellier
Production Administrator Vera Chandelle
Production Administrator (France) Tony Parisi
Production Administrator (Belgium) Driss Bous'hib
Post-production Supervisor Julien Sigalas

Casting

France Casting Brigitte Moidon
Child Casting Valérianne Poidevin
Child Casting Caroline D'hont
Child Casting Nathalie Delaunoy
Bulgaria Casting Ilka Valtcheva
Bulgaria Casting Orlin Valtchev
Bulgaria Casting Ivana Dzhidrova

Writing

Screenplay Ursula Meier
Screenplay Antoine Jaccoud
Screenplay Raphaëlle Valbrune
Screenplay Gilles Taurand
Screenplay Olivier Lorelle
[Screenplay] In collaboration with Alice Winocour

Photography

Director of Photography Agnès Godard
1st Assistant Camera Constanza Ott
2nd Assistant Camera Dimitar Kostov
Gaffer Olivier Régent
Gaffer Jean-Pierre Baronsky
Gaffer Jean-Marc Alaux
Key Grip Pierre Yves Le Mée

Stills

Stills Photographer Jérôme Prébois

Special Effects

Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor Marc Umé
Visual Effects Artistic Director Serge Umé
Visual Effects Digital Graphics
Special Effects Marc Umé

Editing

Editor Susana Rossberg
Associate Editor François Gédigier
Associate Editor Nelly Quettier
Assistant Editor Cédric Zoenen

Design

Art Director Yvan Niclass
Set Decorator Rossitsa Bakeva
Property Master Rekha Musale
Construction Manager Grigor Bankov

Costumes

Costume Designer Anne van Bree

Make-up

Key Make-up Artist Danièle Vuarin
Make-up Artist Anna Andreeva
Key Hairstylist Antonella Prestigiacomo
Hairstylist Vessela Tosheva

Titles

Titles Stempel

Film processing

Colour Timer Gérard Savary
Digital Colour Timer Raymond Terrentin
Camera Cinecam
Film Stock Kodak Suisse
Laboratory Kodak Cinelab Bulgaria
Digital Laboratory Éclair Numérique

Music

Music Consultant Édouard Dubois
Music Consultant Frank Beauvais

Sound

Sound/Chief Sound Recordist Luc Yersin
Boom Operator Pierre Collodin
Sound/Re-recording Mixer Franco Piscopo
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor Étienne Curchod
Sound Editor Valène Leroy
Foley Artist Philippe van Leer
Post-Synchronisation Recordist Jo Masset

Consultant

Artistic Consultant Philippe Carraz
Project Director David Collin
Project Director David Golan
Conception/Production David Golan
Script David Collin
Script Antoine Jaccoud
Holiday Reports Mélanie Croubalian
Children Coach Jeanne Rektorik
Animals Fauna Film Praha

Publicity

Publicity Richard Lormand
Unit Publicist (Switzerland) Jean-Yves Gloor
Unit Publicist (France) Laurence Granec
Unit Publicist (France) Karine Ménard
Unit Publicist (Belgium - RTBF) Catherine Poels
International Publicist Richard Lormand