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:
Chloé Chevalier, Clément Schneider.
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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 |
| Camera | Manuel Bolaños | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sofía Victoria Rodrigo | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Laure Ménégale | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Elton Rabineau | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Samuel Charbonnot | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sophie Bégon | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magali Marchand | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Bérangère Petitjean | Production Manager |
| Directing | Arthur Guerrand | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marie Morice | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Anna Brunstein | Editor |
| Sound | Joaquim Pavy | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Florent Castellani | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Chloé Chevalier | Screenplay |
| Writing | Clément Schneider | Screenplay |
| Production | Clément Schneider | Producer |
| Production | Alice Bégon | Producer |
| Sound | Maxime Roy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |