Sélection Officielle Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2003
Basile Matin dreams he sees Fafatao-Laoupo, symbol of the penultimate sleep. Now he knows he will die if he ever falls asleep again. Forty people cross Basile’s path on his odyssey through southern France. There is Igor, who is bored and broke. And Johnny Got, a bit of a journalist and detective, a daredevil and busybody. Both are fascinated by Basile’s story, though they don’t know what to make of it.
Auteur :
Alain Guiraudie
avec la collaboration de Fredéric Videau
Réalisateur :
Alain Guiraudie
Interprêtes principaux :
Thomas Suire
Laurent Soffiati
Thomas Blanchard
Producteurs :
Jean-Philippe Labadie
Nathalie Eybrard
Genre :
Comédie
Langue :
Français
Statut :
Achevé
Sociétés de production :
Paulo Films / Acis Productions (France)
Arte France Cinéma (France)
Amour Fou Filmproduktion (Autriche)
Amelight Pictures (Bulgarie)
en association avec Backup Films
Sociétés de distribution :
The Coproduction office (Ventes internationales)
Haut et court (France)
Critiques (extraits) :
"Call it the new avant-garde, or neo-surrealism, the puzzling yet consistently engaging No Rest for the Brave represents, at the very least, a striking first full-length feature for writer-director Alain Guiraudie. (…) The treatment of this oddity is light, and direction bright and breezy, the ensemble perfs engaging and the location camerawork first class."
Variety - David Stratton
"No Rest For The Brave places its maverick director firmly on the radar screen of talents to watch."
Screen International - Lee Marshall
"Guiraudie is a cheeky trickster, a gifted stylist, and a Southern designer (…) but mostly, Alain Guiraudie is a real film-maker. When he makes a shot, it is a real cinema shot."