Cities of the Plain (2000)
The final film from expatriate American filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in France in 1999. Kramer and collaborators tell the somber life story of Ben. After leaving his homeland as a youth, he is greeted in France by menial jobs in industry. In time, he opens a fruit market, finds a wife, fathers a child, and has it all come crashing down when he learns his mother is in danger back home. Upon his return to France, he finds his life in ruin.
Director: Robert Kramer
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Ben as Ben |
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Amélie Desrumeaux as Amélie |
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Bernard Trolet as Ben, vieil homme |
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Nathalie Sarles as Coralie |
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Lahcene Aouiti as Ben, jeune homme |
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Erika Kramer as La mère |
| Directing | Robert Kramer | Director |
| Writing | Robert Kramer | Writer |
| Production | Richard Copans | Producer |
| Production | Claude Guisard | Producer |
| Production | Catherine Droubaix | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alain Fleischer | Co-Producer |
| Production | François Hers | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christian Lamarche | Co-Producer |
| Production | Catia Riccaboni | Co-Producer |
| Production | Martine Violet | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Barre Phillips | Music |
| Camera | Hervé Durand | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rémi Hierniaux | Editor |
| Production | Françoise Buraux | Production Manager |
| Production | Eric Castanet | Production Manager |
| Directing | Hervé Durand | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Julien Cloquet | Sound |
| Lighting | Éric Alirol | Gaffer |
