Beyond the Ocean
Beyond the Ocean | |
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Directed by | Éliane de Latour |
Written by | Éliane de Latour |
Produced by | Arte Cinéma La République de Côte d'Ivoire C.N.R.S. Images Les Films d'ici Autonomous Limited |
Starring | Marie-Josée Croze |
Cinematography | Renaud Chassaing |
Edited by | Nelly Quettier Yves Dechamps Catherine Gouz |
Music by | Alexi Pecharman Eric Thomas |
Distributed by | Shellac Distribution (France) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Countries | Côte d'Ivoire France United Kingdom |
Language | French |
Beyond the Ocean (French release titles: Les Oiseaux du ciel and Après l'océan) is a 2006 film directed by Éliane de Latour. Latour also did the screenplay. The film showed in the Panorama section of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006.[1] It also showed at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.[2]
Plot[]
Otho and Shad leave Abidjan to try their luck in Europe. They have a dream, to return to their country as heroes. However, exile is not a bed of roses. Once in Spain, Otho is arrested and deported to Côte d'Ivoire without attaining his goal. His former friends turn their backs on him. Shad manages to make his way to England where he meets Tango, a young rebellious Frenchwoman. The two lovers lean on each other for support, but the obstacles they must overcome are numerous.
Cast[]
- - Shad
- - Otho
- Marie-Josée Croze - Tango
- Sara Martins - Olga
- Lucien Jean-Baptiste - Tetanos
- - Pelagie
- Malik Zidi - Bruno
- Agnès Soral - The White
- Kad Merad - Oncle de Tango
- - Tante de Tango
- Michel Bohiri - Père d'Otho
- - Mère d'Otho
- - Père de Shad
- - Baudelaire
References[]
- ^ "France represented by 25 films at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival". UniFrance. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Pham, Annika (17 August 2006). "Booming Edinburgh gets extra boost". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
External links[]
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA) (with French title Après l'océan)
- Beyond the Ocean at IMDb
- 2006 films
- French-language films
- Ivorian films
- French films
- British films
- African film stubs
- Ivory Coast stubs
- 2000s French film stubs