Summit Circle


1h 29m 2007

Brief Synopsis

After being appreciated by all and devoted to her handicapped husband, Rejeanne finds herself in custody with her hands covered in blood and a murder suspect. Here, we retrace the chronology of events to understand what happened that night, charting the desperate trajectory of a woman against whom t

Film Details

Also Known As
Contre Toute Esperance
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Les Films Séville
Distribution Company
Les Films Séville; Les Films Séville

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 29m

Synopsis

After being appreciated by all and devoted to her handicapped husband, Rejeanne finds herself in custody with her hands covered in blood and a murder suspect. Here, we retrace the chronology of events to understand what happened that night, charting the desperate trajectory of a woman against whom the fates seem to have conspired. A telephone operator for over twenty years, Rejeanne has just bought, with her truck driver husband Gilles, the house of their dreams in the countryside. Both from working-class backgrounds, the forty-something couple is finally enjoying the routine pleasures of domesticity. But then Gilles has a heart attack that leaves him physically and mentally impaired. Bad luck seems to follow them. The couple have still more to deal with when Rejeanne's job is cut back. There is a moment in which it seems that everything might work out, before fate again intervenes with even greater malevolence.

Film Details

Also Known As
Contre Toute Esperance
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Les Films Séville
Distribution Company
Les Films Séville; Les Films Séville

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 29m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States August 2007

Released in United States October 2007

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 1-11, 2007.

Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.

Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 1-11, 2007.)

Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.)