Quand la mer se retire (TV 2004)

Director:

Laurent Heynemann

Writers:

Gabrielle Borile (adaptation), Armand Lanoux (novel)

Stars:

Bruno Todeschini, Cristiana Réali, Cécile Cassel

Cast

Credited cast:
Bruno Todeschini	...	Abel
Cristiana Réali	...	Valérie
Cécile Cassel	...	Bérangère
Raphaël Personnaz	...	Jacques
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Baguet	...	Olivier
Nicolas Bougault	...	Le gamin roux
Olivier Broche	...	Le consommateur normand
Rodolphe Dekowski	...	Soldat
Yannick Dyvrande	...	L'officier
Marie Françoise	...	La femme de chambre
Nathanaël Frérot	...	L'infirmier
Emmanuelle Galabru	...	La boulangère 1944
Raymond Gil	...	Le vieux pêcheur
Capucine Mahé	...	La fiancée de Ray
Patrick Massieu	...	Le patron du bistrot

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 June 2004 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

France 2 (FR2), Sodaperaga Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

unexpected gems

This movie was on when I just got out of bed, I turned the TV on and watched a few seconds... it got me and I watched in one breathe. The one special thing that I liked above all was the time. 15 years after the big war. These days the war is something old, most of our friends weren't around back then. But imagine the coast of Normandy around 1959, there's peace, people do their things, go to work, marry and have children. Still the war is there like a dark sky, men from all over the world return to the place where they lost their innocence, the last days of their youth. Everyone has a secret, specially those soldiers who witnessed the most terrible things and try to keep those terrible memories inside. For some people its tearing open old wounds but for some the journey means closure.. a new start.