A Few Days in September (2006) Quelques jours en septembre (original title)

Director:

Santiago Amigorena

Writer:

Santiago Amigorena

Release Date:

6 September 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Hours ago they were strangers, in a minute more they will be fugitives

Plot:

September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world...

Plot Keywords:

French | Father Son Relationship | Inside Information | Concierge | Kitty

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Juliette Binoche	...	Irène Montano
John Turturro	...	William Pound
Sara Forestier	...	Orlando
Tom Riley	...	David
Nick Nolte	...	Elliott
Mathieu Demy	...	Le jeune banquier
Saïd Amadis	...	Le vieux banquier
Magne-Håvard Brekke	...	Igor Zyberski (as Magne-Havard Brekke)
Joël Lefrançois	...	Le concierge de l'hôtel
Alexis Galmot	...	Le serveur
Jean-Luc Lucas	...	Le contrôleur
Roberto Moro	...	Le gardien du palais
Julien Husson	...	L'homme à la cigarette

Directed by
Santiago Amigorena

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Santiago Amigorena

Produced by
Santiago Amigorena	....	co-producer
Paulo Branco	....	producer
Tommaso Dabala	....	executive producer
Rosanna Roditi	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laurent Martin

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Sarah Turoche

Casting by
Frédérique Moidon

Production Design by
Emmanuelle Duplay

Costume Design by
Isabelle Baudry

Makeup Department
Morgane Bernhard	....	hair stylist
Mathilde Dhordain	....	makeup artist
Cédric Gérard	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Christophe Bouhier	....	assistant unit manager
Anthony Bouinière	....	assistant unit manager
Tommaso Dabala	....	unit production manager
Stéphanie Delbos	....	unit manager
Jean-Luc Lucas	....	unit production manager
Raoul Peruzzi	....	production supervisor
Nicolas Picard	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Consuelo Bidorini	....	assistant director
Renaud Epelboin	....	second assistant director
Elodie Gay	....	trainee assistant director
Catherine Olaya Salazar	....	second assistant director (as Catherine Olaya)
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Thomas Broyon	....	second assistant art director
Daniele Carrer	....	set dresser
Paolo Cusin	....	property buyer
Paolo Cusin	....	props
Cécile Deleu	....	set dresser
Pierre Duboisberranger	....	first assistant art director (as Pierre du Boisberranger)
Antoine Galinié	....	property master
Nathalie Rousseau	....	second assistant art director
Jean Tixador	....	second assistant art director
François Willenz	....	digital artist

Sound Department
Valérie Arlaud	....	sound editor
Mathilde Cousin	....	dialogue editor
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Dominique Gaborieau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marie Guesnier	....	additional sound
Romain Kronenberg	....	sound designer
Anne-Laure Lermyte	....	additional sound
Aurélien Lucquiaud	....	additional sound
Jean-Yves Pouyat	....	assistant sound
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
François Waledisch	....	sound

Special Effects by
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects coordinator
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects technician
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects: Italy
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects technician
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	key grip
Werner Bacciu	....	co-key grip
Pascal Baudry	....	still photographer
Néwine Behi	....	first assistant camera
Eric Bialas	....	Steadicam operator
Olivier Bouyssou	....	grip
Andrea Chiozzotto	....	daily camera operator
Eric Cuffini	....	electrician
Jean-Pascal Czap	....	electrician
Luccio Di Rosa	....	grip (as Luc Di Rosa)
Roger Do Minh	....	video assistant
Nabil Dridi	....	electrician
Jean-François Drigeard	....	rigging gaffer (as Jean-François Drigeard Desgarnier)
Franck Fiquet	....	electrician
Eric Fodera	....	electrician
Manuel Gaspar	....	electrician
Michel Gentils	....	grip
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	gaffer
Tom Mitaux	....	electrician
Elvis Pasqual	....	co-gaffer
Yannick Ressigeac	....	second assistant camera
Angelo Russo	....	electrician
Marion Stalens	....	still photographer
Christophe Surbier	....	grip
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aline Dupays	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christophe Bousquet	....	color timer
Carlos Pinto	....	assistant editor
Flora Volpelière	....	editor trainee

Other crew
Hiam Abbass	....	language coach
Agathe Astira	....	administrator
Denis Bourgeois	....	location scout
Nicola Catullo	....	key location assistant
Geoffroy de Boissezon	....	production assistant
Flavio De Simone	....	assistant accountant
Pierre Dreyfus	....	production secretary
Renaud Epelboin	....	location scout (as Reno Epelboin)
Violaine Gillibert	....	language coach
Geoffroy Hassoun	....	stage manager
Aurélie Kazian	....	production assistant
Bénédicte Kermadec	....	script supervisor
Paula Marshall	....	language coach
Lina Martins	....	assistant: Juliette Binoche
Anne Mattatia	....	production assistant
Patrick Morch	....	groupman (as Patrick Morsch)
Anna Offelli	....	production assistant
Cristina Olivari	....	production runner
Peggy Plessas	....	language coach (as Peggy Hall Plessas)
Nicola Rosada	....	location manager
Gérard Sionneau	....	groupman
Ula Tabari	....	language coach
Anita Tomaselli	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Gemini Films (co-production)
• Les Films du Rat (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Production Group (co-production)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (participation)
• C.R.G. International (executive production)

Distributors

• Seven7 (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Solopan (2007) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (2006) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Le Petit Bureau (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Madragoa Filmes (2006) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Aztec International Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (all media)
• Cine Video y TV (2007) (Mexico) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Glob Com Media (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• IntWestDistribution (2007) (Ukraine) (all media)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Lime Tree Entertainment (2007) (Korea) (all media)
• M.I.B. (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Noble Entertainment (2007) (Norway) (all media)
• Noble Entertainment (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Pa-Dora D.O.O. (2007) (Croatia) (all media)
• SPI International (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• SPI International (2007) (Hungary) (all media)
• Sunny Films Entertainment (2007) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Transmedia International Releasing (2007) (UK) (all media)
• Twister Digital Video (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Video Film Express (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Alf Service  lighting balloon
• Goldcrest Post Production London  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Quelques jours en septembre" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

Italy | France | Portugal

Language:

English | French | Italian | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Norway:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gemini Films

Trivia:

Although this is Santiago Amigorena's directorial debut, it is also his 26th screenplay in eight years.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Final scene in Venice the characters are sitting as sun rises in early morning and then the scene shifts to the TV in café with news of 9/11 attack. In Venice the news would have been in the afternoon after mid day meal not early morning.

Quotes:

David:If you ever want to stop a cell phone working again, remind me to show you something easier than throwing it out a train window.

That's the question: Are Americans human beings?

The only thing remotely exciting in the first half of this movie was if and when the sexual tension between Irène (Juliette Binoche) and David (Tom Riley) would end in a tryst between the sheets before one or both of them were killed by William Pound (John Turturro), a poetry spouting psycho.

But then, David's half-sister Orlando (Sara Forestier) appears to hate him and all Americans so much that they will end up together. Who knows? There sure isn't anything else going on as we wait to see if Elliott (Nick Nolte) knows about 9/11.

Quelle surprise! The winner is..., and it only took 85 minutes of the movie to get there! The conversations between Irène, Orlando and David kept the movie interesting until the predictable end.