Project Detail

Miss Montigny

Name: Miss Montigny
Director: Miel van Hoogenbemt
Released: 2006
Duration: 96 mins

Synopsis

In Montignies-on-Sambre, a small village in the Belgian 'black country' where the coal mine industry vanished 20 years ago, 19-year-old Sandrine sells cheese in the local supermarket by day and manicures by night, dreaming that one day she will open her own beauty salon. One day Sandrine and Anna, her mother hear on the radio an ad for a local beauty contest. Anna is convinced that Sandrine should enter and of course win. Winning, though, has huge costs for both their lives.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of project: Features
Running time: 96 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Miel van Hoogenbemt
Producer: Christine Alderson, Jani Thiltges, Olivier Charvet
Co-Producer: Christine Alderson, Jani Thiltges, Olivier Charvet
Editor: Ludo Troch
Screenwriter: Gabrielle Borile
Director of Photography: Nigel Willoughby
Sound: Carlo Thoss
Composer: Composed by Molly Nyman and Harry Escott, Supervised by John Boughtwood
Principal cast: Sophie Quinton, Ariane Ascaride, Sophie De Wulf