Ashes and Blood / Cenusa si sange
( Released, Features film, 2009 )Details:
Length: 105 min
Co-produced by ALFAMAFILMSPRODUCTION, ARTE FRANCE CINEMA DD PRODUCTIONS, HIRSCH, LIBRAFILM (Romania), CLAP FILMES (Portugal)
With the participation of CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE, CANAL PLUS, CINECINEMA, ROMANIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTRE (CNC), RADIOE TELEVISAO DE PORTUGAL (RTP)
Synopsis:
Exiled of her country since the murder of her husband ten years ago, Judith lives in Marseille with her three children.
After having refused during years to see her family again and despite her fears and her secrets, Judith lets herself bend by her children’s desire and accepts the invitation at her cousin’s wedding. She takes her children to spend a summer back in the country, to discover their roots and their history. But Judith’s return revives old hatreds between rival clans. Unrelentingly, the spiral of violence is started, blood calling blood.
Crew:
Director: Fanny Ardant
Scriptwriter: Fanny Ardant
Producer: Tudor Giurgiu, Paulo Branco
Associate producer: Micheline Rozan
Composer: David Moreau
DOP: Gérard de Battista
Set design: Isabel Branco
Editing: Célia Lafitedupont
Sound design: Pierre Tucat
Cast:
Ronit Elkabetz, Abraham Belaga, Marc Ruchmann, Claire Bouanich, Olga Tudorache, Ion Besoiu, Tudor Aaron Istodor, Razvan Vasilescu, Andrei Finti, Florentina Nastase, Celina Gabriella Nitu, Adrian Paduraru, Andrei Aradits, Ion Cosma, Madalina Constantin, Usama Al Hourani, Vlad Radescu, Liviu Florin Cociuba, Mihail Petru Chinez, Gavril Pavel Chinez, Raphaël Ayoun, Vincent Grimaud, Manon Delagarde, Grégoire Roger, Gabriela Finca, Maria Arabo, Marineta Ion, Toma Cuzin, Valentin Vasilescu, Vitalie Bantas, Zoltan Butuc, Silvia Nastase, Johanne Gili, Mircea Andreescu, Catalin Bordea, Ion Ritiu, Didier Bourguignon, Loîc Baudin
Awards & Festivals:
Selected at:
Cannes IFF, France, 2009 - Out of Competition
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2009
Taormina IFF, Italy, 2009
Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 2009 - On the Black Sea Region
