A Violent Desire for Joy (2018)
Region of Occitania, France, 1792. As the storm of revolution devastates the country, young monk Gabriel and his companions live peacefully in the Franciscan monastery of Saorge, near the Italian border. But everything changes with the arrival of the beautiful Marianne and a military detachment.
Director:
Clément Schneider
Writers:
Clément Schneider, Chloé Chevalier.
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Quentin Dolmaire as Gabriel / François |
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Grace Seri as Marianne |
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Franc Bruneau as A Peddler |
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Vincent Maël Cardona as The Captain |
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Francis Leplay as The Abbot |
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Étienne Durot as Bertrand |
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Ilias Le Doré as Julien |
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Guillaume Compiano as Georges |
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Thomas Debat as Guilhèm |
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Macha Dussart as Guilhèm's Mother |
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Joseph Minster as Monk #1 |
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Henri Marty as Monk #2 |
| Directing | Clément Schneider | Director |
| Production | Bérangère Petitjean | Production Manager |
| Art | Samuel Charbonnot | Production Design |
| Production | Clément Schneider | Producer |
| Writing | Clément Schneider | Screenplay |
| Camera | Manuel Bolaños | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Laure Ménégale | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sophie Bégon | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Arthur Guerrand | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Joaquim Pavy | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Florent Castellani | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Sofía Victoria Rodrigo | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Anna Brunstein | Editor |
| Writing | Chloé Chevalier | Screenplay |
| Directing | Marie Morice | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magali Marchand | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Elton Rabineau | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Alice Bégon | Producer |
| Sound | Maxime Roy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |