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Cast & Crew
Robert Kramer
Lahcene Aouiti
Amelie Desrumaux
Bernard Trolet
Nathalie Sarles
Erika Kramer
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Synopsis
In Northern France, a blind man - Ben - looks back on his life. He is an immigrant who has managed to set up a business in the face of many setbacks and married a French woman who bore him a child, but as time passed, his life got harder: in Algeria, his mother's throat was cut, his marriage has broken down, and in the end he lost everything, even his sight...
Director
Robert Kramer
Crew
Julien Cloquet
Richard Copans
Richard Copans
Catherine Droubaix
Herve Durand
Alain Fleischer
Claude Guisard
Francois Hers
Remi Hiernaux
Keja Kramer
Robert Kramer
Robert Kramer
Christian Lamarche
Barre Phillips
Catia Riccaboni
Martine Violet
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States May 2000
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 10-21, 2000.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Filmmakers of the Present) August 2-12, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Director Robert Kramer (1939-1999) died November 1999 in France, shortly after completing this film.
Film features mostly non-professional actors.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Released in United States May 2000 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 10-21, 2000.)
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Filmmakers of the Present) August 2-12, 2000.)