God's Offices

  • Bureaux de Dieu (Les)
Genre : Social
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Feature
Running time : 122 (in minutes)
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Djamila wants to start taking the Pill because things with her boyfriend are getting serious. Zoe's mother gives her condoms but calls her a whore. Nedjma hides her pills outside, because her mother searches her bag. Helen thinks she's too fertile. Clémence is afraid. Adeline wants to keep it, Margot too. Maria Angela wants to find out who got her pregnant. Ana Marie has chosen love and liberty. Anne, Denise, Marta, Yasmine, Milena are counselors who receive and listen to all these women wonder how sexual freedom is possible. Here, everyone laughs and cries and is overwhelmed. They dance, smoke on the balcony. They come incognito to recount their story, be it ordinary or incredible.

FRANCE, BELGIUM
2008, 35mm, colour, 122'
Version : French - Sub: Italian

Director: Claire Simon
Screenplay: Claire Simon, Natalia Rodríguez, Nadège Trebal
Cinematography: Claire Simon, Philippe Van Leeuw
Editing: Julien Lacheray
Music: Arthur Simon
Sound: Olivier Hespel, Frédéric Fichefet, Dominique Vieil
Cast: Anne Alvaro, Nathalie Baye, Michel Boujenah, Rachida Brakni, Isabelle Carré, Lolita Chammah, Béatrice Dalle, Nicole Garcia, Marie Laforêt, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Emmanuel Mouret

Production:
Les Films d'Ici
(Paris, T +33 144522323; F +33 144522324; courrier@lesfilmsdici.fr; www.lesfilmsdici.fr)

Co-Production:
Ciné@
(Paris, T +33 142963060; F +33 143591382; s.boulet@cine-at.com)
La Parti Production
(Bruxelles, T +32 (0)25346808; F +32 (0)25347818; info@laparti.com; www.laparti.com)

Distribution:
Films Boutique-Charlotte Renaut
(Berlin, T +49 3069537850; charlotte@filmsboutique.com; www.filmsboutique.com)

Prizes and selections: Festival de Cannes 2008 (Director's Fortnight SCAD Award), Festival dei Popoli Firenze 2008, Seattle International Film Festival 2009 (Official Selection), Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival 2009, MedFilm Festival, Roma/Italy, 2009 (Le Regard des Autres)

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Un dramma corale che pone domande e forti interrogativi sulla libertà sessuale. Djamila pensa di prendere la pillola, perché la storia con il suo ragazzo è diventata una cosa seria. Zoe è considerata una puttana dalla madre, soltanto perché le compra i preservativi. Nedjima è costretta a nascondere le pillole, perché la madre fruga nella sua borsa. Helen pensa di essere troppo fertile. Clémence ha paura. Adeline e Margot vorrebbero avere un figlio. Maria Angela vorrebbe sapere di chi è incinta. Ana Marie ha scelto l'amore e la libertà. Anne, Denise, Marta, Yasmine e Milena sono le consulenti che le accolgono in un centro di pianificazione familiare. Ascoltano le loro storie, che siano normali o straordinarie.

FRANCE, BELGIUM
2008, 35mm, colour, 122'
Vers: Francese - Sub: Ita

Regia: Claire Simon
Sceneggiatura: Claire Simon, Natalia Rodríguez, Nadège Trebal
Fotografia: Claire Simon, Philippe Van Leeuw
Montaggio: Julien Lacheray
Musiche: Arthur Simon
Suono: Olivier Hespel, Frédéric Fichefet, Dominique Vieil
Cast: Anne Alvaro, Nathalie Baye, Michel Boujenah, Rachida Brakni, Isabelle Carré, Lolita Chammah, Béatrice Dalle, Nicole Garcia, Marie Laforêt, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Emmanuel Mouret

Premi e selezioni:
Festival de Cannes 2008 (Director's Fortnight SCAD Award), Festival dei Popoli Firenze 2008, Seattle International Film Festival 2009 (Official Selection), Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival 2009, MedFilm Festival, Roma/Italia, 2009 (Le Regard des Autres)

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