Focus on French Cinema - French Film Festival of Greenwich April 9-11, 2010

Où est la main de l'homme sans tête US Premiere
Genre: THRILLER Director: Stéphane and Guillaume Malandrin Screenplay: Stéphane and Guillaume Malandrin Starring: Cécile de France Ulrich Tukul Bouli Lanners Running time: 1hr 44min Production: Belgium, 2009 Distributor: La [Parti] Productions ›› OFFICIAL WEBSITE ›› TRAILER Awards: Lumière Awards 2010 - Prix du Public mondial TV5 Monde: Stéphane Malandrin, Guillaume Malandrin	›› Back to Film Schedule
SYNOPSIS After spending fifteen days in a coma after a diving accident, Olympic diving champion Eva (Cécile de France) must defy her father’s (Ulrich Tukul) overbearing determination and his intent on putting the accident behind her and resuming life as it used to be. For in fact, Eva begins to realize that nothing is as it used to be.
CRITICS/QUOTES Press reviews: Libération: “… a dadaist title which conceals a valuable film.” Elle: "Cécile de France never ceases to amaze us. " Première: " Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin capture a delicate balance necessary to sustain the logic of this complex drama.” BIO/FILMOGRAPHY Selective filmography - Cécile de France: 2002 : L'Auberge espagnole by Cédric Klapisch 2002 : A+ Pollux by Luc Pagès 2002 : Irène by Ivan Calbérac 2002 : Regarde-moi (en face) by Marco Nicoletti 2003 : Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39 by Richard Berry 2003 : Haute tension by Alexandre Aja 2003 : Kaena, la prophétie animation by Chris Delaporte 2004 : Le Tour du monde en 80 jours (Around the World in 80 Days) by Frank Coraci 2004 : La confiance règne by Étienne Chatiliez 2005 : Les Poupées russes by Cédric Klapisch 2005 : J'aurais voulu être un danseur by Alain Berliner 2006 : Fauteuils d'orchestre by Danièle Thompson 2006 : Quand j'étais chanteur by Xavier Giannoli 2006 : Un secret by Claude Miller 2006 : Mon colonel by Laurent Herbiet 2006 : Mauvaise foi by Roschdy Zem 2006 : Où est la main de l'homme sans tête by Guillaume et Stéphane Malandrin 2008 : L'Instinct de mort , volume 1 of the Saga Jacques Mesrine by Jean-François Richet 2009 : Sœur Sourire , by Stijn Coninx 2009 : Les gardiens de l'ordre , by Nicolas Boukhrief 2010 : Hereafter by Clint Eastwood	BIO/FILMOGRAPHY Guillaume Malandrin’s Filmography : As Screenwriter and Director: 1999 : Les Chanoines, documentary co-directed with Vincent Tavier. 2000 : Raconte, short-feature co-written with Stéphane Malandrin. 2006 : Ça m'est égal si demain n'arrive pas* , co-written with Stéphane Malandrin . 2009 : Où est la main de l'homme sans tête , co-written and co-directed with Stéphane Malandrin . As Screenwrite: 2000 : Panique au village (A Town Called Panic), television series directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, co-written with the directors and Vincent Tavier, produced by La Parti Production. 2008 : Panique au village, long animated feature directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, co-written with the directors and Vincent Tavier, produced by La Parti Production. Stéphane Malandrin’s young adult fiction:* Pourquoi pleut-il de haut en bas et pas de bas en haut ? (2004) Le Bobobook (2006) Le jour où j'ai trouvé une vache assise dans mon frigo (2008) Panique au village, a companion piece to the film