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À travers la forêt

À travers la forêt is a 2005 French film directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac.

Plot summary

After a motorcycle accident, Renaud dies. His girlfriend Armelle (Camille Berthomier) can’t forget him. Her sisters suggest she could go to a medium for help. Through this medium, Armelle encounters Hyppolite, who looks exactly like Renaud.

The subject of this movie is about love after death. Love and death are two topics which appear frequently in Civeyrac’s movies.

Release dates

• July 2005 in Festival Paris Cinéma
• September 2005 in Toronto International Film Festival
• October 12, 2005 France
• October 22, 2005 in London Film Festival

Commentary

Jean-Paul Civeyrac, one of the best director of the new Nouvelle Vague. “À travers la forêt” was shot in 12 days in Paris with a very small budget. The first reviews compared this movie with “Le Pont du Nord” by Jacques Rivette. The music of John Cage and Dvorak, Charles Ives underlines the beautiful pictures of the cinematographer Celine Bozon. Each actor is wonderful, from secondary characters like (Valérie Crunchant) to the lead performer, (Camille Berthomier). It is the first time that this actress appears in a movie and she succeeds in a beautiful performance. Camille Berthomier is also the composer of the movie's title song.

Cast

• Camille Berthomier : Armelle
• Aurelien Wiik as Hippolyte/ Renaud
• Morgane Hainaux as Roxane
• Alice Dubuisson as Bérénice
• Mireille Roussel as The medium
• Valérie Crunchant as medium's assistant

Production credits

• Producer: Les films Pelléas
• Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
• Written by: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
• Musical Composer: John Cage, Antonín Dvořák, Camille Berhomier
• Cinematography : Céline Bozon

External links

• DVD Toile(French)
• À travers la forêt in Paris film festival’s programm
• À travers la forêt in Toronto International Film Festival
• À travers la forêt at the Internet Movie Database