Cites de la Plaine


1h 50m 2000

Brief 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 bro

Film Details

Also Known As
Cities of the Plain
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

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...

Film Details

Also Known As
Cities of the Plain
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

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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.)