Gente de Bien

Franco Lolli

Synopsis

Almost overnight, ten year-old Eric finds himself living with Gabriel, his fathe who he barely knows. The man has trouble keeping his head above water and building a relationship with his son. Maria Isabel, the woman Gabriel works for as a carperter, decides to take the child under her wing.

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2014
France, Colombia
87 minutes

Cast: Brayan Santamaría, Carlos Fernando Pérez, Alejandra Borrero
Direction: Franco Lolli
Screenplay: Franco Lolli, Catherine Paillé, with collaboration from Virginie Legeay
Casting: Carlos «Fagua» Medina, Santiago Porras
Photography: Oscar Durán
Production Design: Marcela Gómez
Sound: Matthieu Perrot, Josefina Rodríguez, Samuel Aïchoun
Editor: Nicolas Desmaison, Julie Duclaux

A Geko Films & Evidencia Films production / in association with Epithète Films and Séptima Films / in collaboration with Versatile / with the participation of Ad Vitam, EFD Colombia / with the support of the Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico Proimágenes Colombia, the Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Visions Sud Est, Région Ile de France, Région Basse-Normandie, Ciclic Région Centre.

International sales: Versatile

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Awards

Best Film, Lima Film Festival
Best Film, Gent Film Festival
Best Actor, La Orquídea Film Festival
Special Jury Award (First Film category), Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Best Film by Latin American Filmmaker under 35 years old, Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Special Mention, Horizontes Latinos Section, San Sebastian Film Festival

Festivals

Cannes Film Festival, Critics’ Week (World Premiere)
La Rochelle Film Festival / Munich Film Festival / Lima Film Festival / AFI Latin American Film Festival / San Sebastian Film Festival / Biarritz Film Festival / Vancouver Film Festival / Do Rio Film Festival / Busan Film Festival / Montréal New Film Festival / Auch Film Festival / Chicago Film Festival / Morelia Film Festival / SANFIC Film Festival / Stockholm Film Festival / Minsk Film Festival / La Orquídea Film Festival / Amiens Film Festival / Huelva Film Festival / Minsk Film Festival / Doha Ajyal Youth Film Festival / Belfort Film Festival / Pau Film Festival / Vendôme Film Festival / Palm Springs Film Festival / Angers Premiers Plans Film Festival / Cleveland Film Festival / Glasgow Film Festival