Title: From the Land of the Moon
Original Title: Mal de pierres
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: France Belgium
- Language: French Spanish
- Length: 120 Minutes (2 hour)
- Budget: $10,300,000
- Genre: Drama Romance
- Studios: Tresor Films Studio Canal France 3 Cinéma
- Distributor: Festival Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: June 09 2017
- United States: June 26 2017
Plot
Based on the famous novel with the same title written by Milena Agus. Gabrielle tells her life for twenty years. The woman tells her life, her marriage and loves those for which she sighed. And she tells that order, since Gabrielle lived all very late, since no longer expect anything from life that fate assigned her. After finishing World War II, she is forced to marry a man who only want to marry her to settle a debt with that family that gives him shelter. Tired of her own existence, the woman should go to a spa to be the "stones ill" (kidney stones) that she has been suffering for a while. In this peaceful place she finds another man, one of which would be dazzled, a man who falls in love passionately. But just when she feels the love in her heart, it is too late.
Directed by Nicole Garcia, this romantic drama starring Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel and Àlex Brendemühl.
Cast
Director:
Gabrielle
André Sauvage
José
Adèle
Petit rôle
Jeannine
L'instituteur
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Trivia
Cotillard in Cannes 2016
It was the second film that Marion Cotillard presented in 2016 in Cannes as part of the Official Section. The other was 'Only the end of the world'.
From Italy to France
In the novel, the action takes place in Sardinia (Italy). But, while the film is set in France, takes place in Provence, the French coastal town of La Ciotat, the Swiss alps and Lyon.
The original title
The title "Mal de Pierres", in French, means "Evil Stones" or "Stone Ache". In the context of the novel, it refers to the protagonist's kidney stones.
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