SYNOPSIS
55-year-old bailiff Jean-Claude Delsart wants to be happy, but just doesn’t seem able to get it right. He lives deep in constant gloom, viewing his life as nothing but a string of sentimental failures: his marriage ends in divorce, his relation with his only son is cold and superficial, and he is convinced that his sour old crone of a father never loved him... One day, Jean-Claude decides to join a new tango school across the road from his office. He meets Françoise, a 36-year-old woman there. Françoise skates on the same emotional ice-rink. It would simply be easier for them not to get involved... unless they both realise that this could well be their last chance.
CAST & CREW
Stéphane Brizé
Director
Producer(s)
Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Script
Stéphane Brizé, Juliette Sales
Director of Photography
Claude Garnier
Production designer
Valérie Saradjian
Music by
Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff
Sound
Xavier Griette
Edit
Anne Klotz
Cast
Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski, Cyril Couton, Geneviève Mnich, Hélène Alexandridis, Anne Benoît
Stéphane Brizé
In 1993, he made his first short film, Bleu dommage, with which he obtained the Grand Prix at Cognac Festival. L' oeil qui traîne, his second short film, won prizes at several French festivals. His first feature film, Le bleu des villes participated at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight and won the Award for Best Script at Deauville. The Measure of a Man was included into the Competition Section of Cannes 2015.
Filmography
Hometown Blue (1993, short), L'oeil qui traîne (1996, short), Le bleu des villes (1999), Not Here to Be Loved (2005), Among Adults (2007), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), A Few Hours of Spring (2012), The Measure of a Man (2015).
