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1996 | Color | 1h 45 min

During the summer of 1995, faithful to what has now become a tradition, residents and staff at the La Borde psychiatric clinic get together to put on the play they are to perform on August 15th. The fifilm shows the ups and downs of the rehearsals. But beyond the process of the play´s staging, it describes life at La Borde, everyday life, time passing, trivial events, loneliness and tiredness, as well as the moments of merriment, laughter, and wit peculiar to certain residents, and the close attention which people pay to one another...


Country: Francia
Direction: Philibert; Nicolas
Production: Lalou; Serge
Photography: Philibert; Nicolás, Djian; Katel
Music: Giroud; André
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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