Vigo (1998)

Director:

Julien Temple

Writers:

Anne Devlin (writer)
Peter Ettedgui (writer)
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Release Date:

31 December 1998 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Based on the life of a classic french cineast Jean Vigo, the story follows his daily struggle with sanity...

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Based On Real Person | Camera | Male Frontal Nudity | Filmmaker

Awards:

1 win

Cast

James Frain	...	Jean Vigo
Romane Bohringer	...	Lydu Lozinska
Nicholas Barnes	...	Casino Croupier
David Battley	...	Cinema Manager
Joe Boiling	...	Zero Boy
Anna Bolt	...	Misha
Christine Burlett	...	Hospital Concierge
Jack Capelli	...	Zero Boy
Charles Collingwood	...	Plain Clothes Policeman
Dean Cook	...	Young Jean Vigo
Kenneth Cranham	...	The Producer
Marie Dang	...	The Venus
Emmanuelle Epstein	...	Elizabeth Lozinska
Donald Gee	...	Dominican Priest
Jeremy Greig	...	Zero Boy
Constant Guerrier	...	The Director
Michael Harbour	...	Studio Manager
Blake Keenan	...	Zero Boy
Stephen Kemble	...	Protestor
Monique Letitre	...	Aunt Lozinska
Gabriel Pamies	...	David Lozinska
Brian Pettifer	...	Fatman
Hannah Pupkewitz	...	Claire
John Quentin	...	Sanatorium Official
Joe Roberts	...	Tomas
Simon Scott	...	Young Doctor
Kay Stonham	...	Nurse
Anna Wilson-Jones	...	Genya Lozinska
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Francine Bergé	...	Mama Lozinska
Paola Dionisotti	...	Marie
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Papa Lozinska
James Faulkner	...	Dr. Gerard
Adolfo Fernández	...	Almereyda
Nicholas Hewetson	...	Boris Kaufman
Frank Lazarus	...	Nounez
Diana Quick	...	Emily
Lee Ross	...	Oscar Levy
William Scott-Masson	...	Marcel
Brian Shelley	...	Maurice Jaubert
Jim Carter	...	Bonaventure (uncredited)

Directed by
Julien Temple

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anne Devlin		writer
Peter Ettedgui		writer
Julien Temple		writer

Produced by
Mariela Besuievski	....	co-producer
Jeremy Bolt	....	producer
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre	....	co-producer
Peter Ettedgui	....	associate producer
Ulrich Felsberg	....	co-producer
Simon Hardy	....	line producer
Kiki Miyake	....	executive producer
Simon Scotland	....	line producer
Amanda Temple	....	producer

Original Music by
Bingen Mendizábal

Cinematography by
John Mathieson

Film Editing by
Marie-Thérèse Boiché

Production Design by
Caroline Greville-Morris

Art Direction by
Raoul Albert
Luis Vallés
Marcus Wookey

Costume Design by
Roger Burton

Makeup Department
Salima Bouabdallah	....	assistant makeup artist
Lynne Butterworth	....	assistant makeup artist
Hanna Coles	....	hair stylist
Hanna Coles	....	makeup artist
Liz Daxauer	....	hair designer
Liz Daxauer	....	makeup designer
Carol Hart	....	assistant makeup artist
Tony Lilley	....	hair stylist
Tony Lilley	....	makeup artist
Alain Luzy	....	assistant makeup artist
Richard Luzy	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Frédéric Bovis	....	production manager (as Frederick Bovis)
Tom Horovitch	....	unit manager
Emma James	....	post-production supervisor
Chris Nixon	....	post-production supervisor
Sarah Stinchcombe	....	art department production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefan Gates	....	second assistant director
Richard Lingard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Louis Aguilar	....	constructor
Patrick Airaghi	....	art department assistant
Niki Bayard	....	scenic artist
Gilles Bocchino	....	painter
Maurice Borghese	....	draper
Fabrice Bovi	....	constructor
Tom Brooder	....	constructor
Phillipe Cadio	....	constructor
Michael Cameron	....	art department assistant
Ian Chater	....	property master
Allan Clark	....	construction manager
Natacha Du Pont de Bie	....	production buyer
Enio de Jesus	....	swing gang
Amy Denebeim	....	production buyer
Eric Dubreil	....	assistant art director
Pascal Dumee	....	art department assistant
Peter Elvin	....	swing gang
Ronnie Fawke	....	constructor
Scott Firth	....	swing gang
Peter Fish	....	swing gang
John Greener	....	constructor
Hugh Greville-Morris	....	graphic designer
Moving Jim	....	assistant art director
Paul Jones	....	constructor
Steve Kellet	....	constructor
Stéphane Le Lièvre	....	painter
Kamlan Man	....	art department assistant
Jacques Pélissier	....	art department assistant
Jo Rendle	....	constructor
Charles Ridpath	....	swing gang
Michel Rollant	....	production buyer
Nick Rose	....	stand-by props
Jamie Samuels	....	art department assistant
Annie Senéchal	....	assistant art director
Vibeke Sjovorr	....	art department assistant
Yves Toffolo	....	draper
Michel van Speybroeck	....	constructor
Gus Wookey	....	stand-by props
Nick Wright	....	constructor

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	dubbing editor
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Paul Davies	....	supervising sound editor
Stewart Henderson	....	adr editor
Hugh Johnson	....	dubbing assistant
Jeff Milner	....	sound maintenance engineer
Bernard O'Reilly	....	foley editor
Barry Reed	....	sound mixer
Raphael Sohier	....	sound assistant
Jack Stew	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Craig Chandler	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)

Stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Kirsti Abernethy	....	camera trainee
Simon Archer	....	additional photographer
Philippe Barrillet	....	electrician
Eric Bornes	....	camera operator: second unit
Tony Bull	....	assistant grip
Andy Cole	....	best boy
Tristam Cones	....	clapper loader
Roberto Contreras	....	first assistant camera
Peter Dones	....	grip
Philippe Lefèvre	....	electrician
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	key grip
Roger Lowe	....	gaffer
Malcolm McLean	....	additional photographer
Len O'Brien	....	generator operator
Christine Parry	....	still photographer
Jacques Renoir	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter Richardson	....	electrician
Ricky Stelling	....	rigger
Fred Todd	....	electrician (as Cameron 'Fred' Todd)
Mike Valentine	....	underwater camera operator
Richard Vekade	....	generator operator
Stuart Verity	....	rigger
Julian Wright	....	crane operator
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Gordon Segrove	....	focus puller: underwater unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Samia Fadli	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Barbier	....	wardrobe assistant
Charlotte Couchman	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kate Forbes	....	assistant costume designer
Jane Green	....	wardrobe assistant
Chieko Ishihara	....	wardrobe assistant
Michel Simongiovanni	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Martin Brinkler	....	additional editor: re-cut
Martin Brinkler	....	first assistant editor
Laura Evans	....	assistant editor
Tasim Persaud	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Fernando de la Casa	....	composer: additional music
Helana Gonzalez	....	composers coordinator
Juanjo Mena	....	conductor
Josu Zabala	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Martin Alylmore	....	facilities driver
Simon Barker	....	unit driver
Phillip Bridgewater	....	driver: camera car
Steve Hamblin	....	facilities driver
Stuart Milton	....	facilities driver
Bianca Stone	....	facilities driver
John Stone	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jerome Albertini	....	assistant location manager
Adam Bohling	....	location scout
Valerie Brisse	....	runner
Pauline Brown	....	production accountant
Arnaud Damian	....	production office trainee
Rosamund Davies	....	script supervisor
Antonin Depardieu	....	location manager
Geordie Divas	....	location manager
Jean-Marc Dupuy	....	assistant location manager
James Foreman	....	runner
Richard Freeston	....	runner
Arslan Hafiz	....	runner
Jay Handscomb	....	hod rigger
Mark Johnson	....	runner
Maryse Laptes	....	choreographer
Sasha Mann	....	runner
Clare Mount	....	runner
Véronique Revil	....	runner
Libby Shearon	....	unit publicist
Claire Tovey	....	runner
José Villalba	....	location manager
Rose-Marie Couture	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Edouard de Chabaneix	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Willow Grylls	....	specialist researcher (uncredited)
Kate Jangra	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Denise O'Dell	....	production executive: France (uncredited)
Amanda Street	....	international sales: FilmFour (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Impact Pictures
• Little Magic Films
• MACT Productions
• Nitrate Film

Distributors

• Alta Films (Spain)
• Channel Four Films
• Park Circus (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Swift Distribution (France)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  light equipment
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Orquesta de Cámera Jesús Guridi  orchestra
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Canada:106 min

Country:

France | UK | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

France:U

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Impact Pictures

Movie Connections:

Features Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Soundtrack:

La Marché aux poissons

Haunting, yet uplifting

This is a gloriously beautiful film. Jean Vigo was an immense talent born ahead of his time. Seeing this made me want to see the real works of Vigo. I was extremely touched by the love share between Jean an his wife, Lydu. Frain and Bohringer (sp?) have such a natural chemistry as the ill-fated famous couple. It breaks my heart to know how he/they suffered. Yes, he was extremely ill with tuberculosis...and realized he had limited time to realize his dreams as a film-maker, but the true suffering he endured came in the form of the French censors, who banned or butched his work based only on the fact that his father was considered a traitor and an anarchist...so, Jean suffered by association.

Despite his and Lydu's terminal illness, and the prejudices they had to live with, their's is really an uplifting story of undying love, faith, and committment to each other. They lived fuller lives than most of us ever will, experienced truer love than most of us will ever be fortunate enough to have, and realized more of their dreams and goals than most of us could ever hope to. And, Jean did all of this in a life that lasted only 29 years. This movie brings to vivid life the love, losses, tragedies, and triumphs of Jean Vigo and his beautiful wife. It emphasises how important they were to one another.

All in all, this is a true gem of a movie. Beautiful and touching love story, endearing characters through out, excellent and extremely dedicated cast, superbly shot with gorgeous scenery...a film that breaks your heart, but it also lifts you up as well...because of the power of love and the power of believing in one's self. My only complaint is that I would have liked to have seen a bit more of Vigo actually working on his films. They did show this, but more of it would have been very welcome.

Anyway, if you love love stories, or are a fan of Jean Vigo, see this film. You'll adore it.