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Calvet

Synopsis

Never believe you’ve played your last hand. Jean Marc Calvet lived a dark and violent life. Then aged 38, via a terrifying trip to hell and back, he was given a second chance. On the run in Central America and haunted by his past, he shut himself in a house and decided that death was his only way out. For 9 months he suffered a terrifying metamorphosis and was saved only by a can of industrial paint. Now a successful artist with solo exhibitions in New York, his work sells for 1000s. But on a quest for redemption, he must return to France and find the 6 year old son he abandoned 12 years ago without a word.
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Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 mins
Format
HDCAM 1080/24p
Director
Dominic Allan 1st Feature
Producer
Dominic Allan
Executive Producer
Nicholas Allan, Paul Raphael, Tom Roberts, Brendan J Byrne
Editor
Paul Carlin
Director of Photography
Dewald Aukema
Composer
Edith Progue
Principal cast
Jean Marc Calvet
Executive Producers
Maxyne Franklin, Beadie Finzi, Jess Search

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Firewalk Films

Tel: +44 (0)7818 467 639

Sales Company

CAT&Docs

18 rue Quincampoix
Ste 133
Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 4459 6353

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