A GENTLE CREATURE
Sergei Loznitsa
With: Vasilina Makovtseva, Marina Kleshcheva, Lia Akhedzhakova, Valeriu Andriuta, Boris Kamorzin, Sergei Kolesov
Production: Slot Machine
Duration: 2h23
Year of production: 2017
French release date: 16th of August 2017
Nationality: France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands
Written by: Sergei Loznitsa
French distribution: Haut et Court
International sales: Wild Bunch
Coproducers: Arte France Cinéma, GP Cinéma Company, Looksfilm, Studio Uljana Kim, Wild at Art, Graniet Film, Solar Media Entertainment
In association with: Wild Bunch, Haut et Court, Potemkine Films, Atoms & Void, Film Angels Studio
With the support of: Eurimages, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Aide à la Coproduction Franco-allemande, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Institut Français, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Filmförderungsanstalt, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, National Film Centre of Latvia, Riga Film Fund, Lithuanian Film Centre, Lithuanian National Radio and Television, le Programme Europe Créative MEDIA de l'Union Européenne
Format: Scope, Dolby Digital 5.1
DOP: Olec Mutu, RSC
Sound: Vladimir Golovnitski
Editor: Daniellus Kokanauskis
Costume design: Dorota Roqueplo
Production design: Juris Zukovskis
Synopsis
A woman receives the package she had sent much earlier to her husband who's been incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Worried and deeply distraught, she decides to visit him. Thus begins the story of a journey, the story of an absurd battle against an impenetrable fortress.
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Prizes
Official selection at the 75th Cannes Film Festival