The Sentinel
by Arnaud Desplechin2h191991France
Recommended byPascale Ferran
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Mathias, whose dead father was a diplomat in Germany, decides to study the forensic medicine in Paris. In the train, he has some troubles with the border police, and is insulted and threatened by a strange man, who disappeared quickly. Next day, he discovers in his luggage a shrunken human head. He soon becomes fascinated by it, feeling responsible (sentry of the memory of the head's owner) and starts his own investigation. What will leads him to cope with French secret services.
Credits
- Production Compagny : La Sept Cinéma, 2001 Audiovisuel, Why Not Productions
- Distributor : LMC
- Sound Recorder : Jean-Pierre Laforce, Laurent Poirier, Bernard Aubouy
- Costume Design : Valérie Pozzo di Borgo, Agnès Falque
- Producer : Sylvie Barthet, Pascal Caucheteux, Nicole Arbib, Grégoire Sorlat
- Scenario : Emmanuel Salinger, Noémie Lvovsky, Arnaud Desplechin, Pascale Ferran
- Set Decoration : Antoine Platteau
- Editing : François Gédigier
- Original Music : Marc Sommer
- Photo Director : Caroline Champetier
- Director : Arnaud Desplechin
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1991
- French release date : 20 May 1992
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : French