1999 Madeleine (1999)
1999 Madeleine is the first step in an ambitious project by the French filmmaker Laurent Bouhnik to make one film per year between 1999-2009, recounting the turn of the century in an interweaving narrative pattern. Episode one is about Madeline, a lonely woman obsessed by religion and cleanliness. Her solitary existence leads her to place an advertisement for a man willing to share his life with a 'single, working 35-year-old.' She is a woman of our times who is caught between the paradoxes of modern life and individual needs for communication. The world offers her opportunities to satisfy material needs but, unfortunately, this is to the detriment of her spiritual needs.
Director: Laurent Bouhnik
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Véra Briole as Madeleine |
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Manuel Blanc as Gabriel |
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Anouk Aimée as Eve, Madeleine's mother |
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Jean-François Gallotte as Mr. Paul |
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Jean-Michel Fête as Mathieu |
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Aurélia Petit as Marie |
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Samuel Jouy as Jacques |
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Serge Blumenthal as Thomas |
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Caroline Victoria as |
| Directing | Laurent Bouhnik | Director |
| Writing | Laurent Bouhnik | Writer |
| Production | Jean Cottin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Étienne Comar | Executive Producer |
| Production | Laurent Bouhnik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Antoine Voituriez | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Sébastien Leclercq | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jean-Marie Delorme | Assistant Camera |
| Production | André-Paul Ricci | Publicist |
| Production | Tony Arnoux | Publicist |
| Sound | Lucien Balibar | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Aymeric Devoldère | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jérôme Coullet | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Tissier | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Frantz Richard | Location Manager |
| Sound | Paolo de Jesus | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Philippe Roux | Production Manager |
| Editing | Laurent Bouhnik | Editor |
| Art | Yvon Fustec | Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabelle Millet | Costume Design |
| Sound | Philippe Amouroux | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Gilles Henry | Cinematography |
| Editing | Clémence Lafarge | Editor |