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Vinyan

Synopsis

Unable to accept the loss of their son in the 2005 Tsunami, Jeanne and Paul Bellmer have remained in Phuket. Desperately clinging to the fact that his body was never recovered, Jeanne has convinced herself that the boy was kidnapped by traffickers in the chaos that followed the catastrophe - that her son is still alive. Paul is sceptical, but cannot bring himself to shatter his wife's last hope. Bribing the sinister Mr Gao to take them by boat to the pirate-infested jungles of the Thai/Burmese border, the traumatised couple embark on a quest that will plunge them through paranoia and betrayal, ever deeper into an alien universe, a supernatural realm where the dead are never truly dead, and where nightmares, obsession and horrifying reality converge.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Fabrice du Welz
Producer
Peter Carlton
Co-Producer
Michael Gentile, Dominique Janne
Executive Producer
Peter Carlton
Editor
Colin Monie
Screenwriter
Fabrice du Welz, Olly Blackburn, David Greig
Director of Photography
Benoit Debie
Production Designer
Arin Pinijvararak
Sound
Frederic Meert
Principal cast
Emmanuelle Beart, Rufus Sewell
Financing Agents
Backup Films

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pilchard Productions Ltd

pilchardproduction@mac.com

The Film

5 rue Vernet
75008 Paris
France

T +33 1 48 69 73 41

office@thefilm.fr

Sales Company

Wild Bunch (Paris)

99 rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
France

T +33 1 53 01 50 20

Wild Bunch (London)

231 Portobello Road
London W11 1LT
UK

T +44 (0)20 7792 9791

www.wildbunch.biz

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