Title: The Prayer
Original Title: La prière
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Length: 107 Minutes (1 hour 47 min)
- Budget: €4,000,000
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: Les Films du Worso Canal+
- Distributor: Surtsey Films
Release Dates
- United States: April 30 2018
Plot
Thomas is a 22-year-old young man who suffers of addiction to drugs. In order to get rehabilitated, he decides to join a community of ex-addicts who live devoted to prayer and work to get healed in a refuge in the middle of the mountains. The experience will not be easy, and Thomas will have to face overcoming situations. However, in this retirement, our protagonist will find love and friendship.
French director Cédric Kahn, responsible for 'Trop de bonheur' or 'L'ennui', directs this film starred by Anthony Bajon as Thomas. The rest of the cast is completed by Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl, Louise Grinberg and Hanna Schygulla. The film was premiered at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.
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Trivia
An only localization
The film was only shoot in the south-east of France, in Vercors Massif.
The first main character
This is the first main character of Anthony Bajon.
A static film
The director chose to make shots where the camera don't move all the time, with few shots and few effects in the postproduction.
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