Lady Jane France
2008, 104min.
Prod./Dir.: Robert Guédiguian, Script: Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi, Dir. of Phot.: Pierre Milon, Prod. Design: Michel Vandestien, Sound: Laurent Lafran, Edit.: Bernard Sasia.
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Yann Trռgouսt, Frռdռrique Bonnal, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet, Pascal Cervo, Giuseppe Selimo, Anna Ostby, Pierre Banderet.
Muriel, Franջois and Renռ, three childhood friends from a working class neighbourhood of Marseille, suddenly stop their careers as thieves after having killed a jeweller. To keep a low profile, the friends see very little of each other until the day Muriel's son is kidnapped. Their friendship takes off right where they left it, when they come together once again to gather the ransom.
Production Companies
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France 3 Cinéma
| Guediguian, Robert Robert Guédiguian (born 03.12.1953, Marseilles, France)
Film durector, scriptwriter, the son of an Armenian father and German mother. He studied at the Social Sciences Department of Paris University. He has made films since 1980. He lives in Marseilles, a city that has always featured his films to date. His films were shown at many festivals. Marius and Jeannette won the Certain Regard Prize at Cannes IFF, the Delluc, Lumiere Prizes, the Grand Prix of IFF in Geneve, Figueira da Foz (Portugal), Hayfa (Israel), and Ariane Ascaride received Cesar for Best Actress. Marie-Jo and her two loves and Le promeneur du champ de Mars were participated in feature competition of Cannes and Berlin IFF. Michel Bouquet starring in Le promeneur du champ de Mars won the Best Actor Cesar. In 2006 he won Silver Apricot - Special Prize for Le Voyage en Armռnie in Yerevan IFF Golden Apricot.
Filmography
The Last Summer (Dernier été, Co-dir.: Frank Le Wita, 1981), Red Midday (Rouge midi, 1983), Ki lo sa? (1985), God Curses the Indefferents (Dieu vomit les tièdes, 1989), Money Makes Happiness (L' Argent fait le bonheur, 1993, TV), ‘Til Death Do Us Part (À la vie, à la mort!, 1995), Marius and Jeannette (Marius et Jeannette, 1997), Where the Heart Is (À la place du coeur, 1998), Charge! (À l'attaque!, 2000), The Town Is Quiet (La Ville est tranquille, 2000), Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses deux amours, 2002), My Father Is an Engineer (Mon père est ingénieur, 2004), Le Promeneur du champ de Mars (2005), Le Voyage en Arménie (2006), Lady Jane (2008).
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