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L'Annulaire (The Ring Finger)

Synopsis

Iris (Olga Kurylenko) slices off her ring finger while working at a soft-drink factory. This distressing incident prompts her to quit her job; she then moves to a nearby port town, where she takes a position as a laboratory assistant for a tightly wound curator (Marc Barbé). His peculiar line of business involves preserving personal belongings that recall specific memories for his clients; a lock of hair, for example, or a piece of music. Iris drifts into an increasingly fetishistic relationship with her boss while also pining for an ethereal, enigmatic sailor (Stipe Erceg) who shares her hotel room during the hours she is at work.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 minutes
Format
35mm
Director
Diane Bertrand
Producer
Bertrand Faivre, Kate Ogborn, Dagmar Jacobson, Soledad Gatti-Pascual
Co-Producer
Bertrand Faivre, Kate Ogborn, Dagmar Jacobson, Soledad Gatti-Pascual
Editor
Nathalie Langlade
Screenwriter
Diane Bertrand based on the novel by Yoko Ogawa
Director of Photography
Alain Duplantier
Sound
Laurent Zeilig, Alexandre Widmer, Vincent Arnardi
Composer
Beth Gibbons
Principal cast
Olga Kurylenko, Marc Barbé, Stipe Erceg, Edith Scob, Hanns Zischler

Genre

Literary Adaptation Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Les Films du Veyrier

282, rue des Pyrénées
75020 Paris, France

T +33 1 42 01 38 15

info@veyrier-films.com

The Bureau

mail@thebureau.co.uk

Integral Films

Sales Company

Pyramide International

5, rue du Chevalier de Saint-Georges
75008 Paris, France

T +33 1 42 96 02 20

info@pyramide-films.com

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