SYNOPSIS
Twelve-year-old Lio, an only child living with a single mom, is assigned a class project to describe his father’s birthplace. The only problem is he never knew his. Soon, Lio discovers that his dad was from a tiny, uninhabited lost island in the Southern Ocean, with a funny name: Sandwich. Determined to find his father, the boy sets out on the long and perilous journey to Sandwich Island.
CAST & CREW
Levon Minasian
Director
Producer(s)
Peggy Desplats
Script
Levon Minasian, Ester Mann
Director of Photography
Lionel Perrin
Production designer
Laurent Le Corre
Music by
Michel Korb
Sound
Jeremy Verneray
Edit
Aurélien Manya
Cast
Max Baissette de Malglaive, Anna Mouglalis, Lola Lasseron, Gérard Boyadjian, Julien Courbey, Valery Magana, Ester Mann, Louciné Minassian, Lorraine Noé
Production company(ies)
Cassiopée Films 3 rue Racine, 75006 Paris, France
Levon Minasian
Levon Minasian began his theatre studies at the Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre in Yerevan (Armenia). He worked as an actor at the Araspel and Vardan Adjemian Theatres in Gyumri. He studied film at the University of Paris-8 (France). In 1996, he received his Master’s Diploma with distinction. Levon Minasian directed short films, produced by French production companies. His short comedy The Piano has participated to more than 80 festivals worldwide, received 35 awards and mentions.
Filmography
At the Beginning of the Spring Time (1997, short), Terra Emota (1999, short), Lux Aeterna (1999, short), Overseas Lovers (2000, short), Love Your Face (2001, short), Dreams of Elsewhere... Diary of a Grouser (2003, short), The Piano (2011, short), The Sandwich Island Man, (2015, short).
