Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Philippe Claudel

Writer:

Philippe Claudel (writer)

Release Date:

19 March 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Secretary | Dinner | Laboratory | Police Station

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Juliette Fontaine
Elsa Zylberstein	...	Léa
Serge Hazanavicius	...	Luc
Laurent Grévill	...	Michel
Frédéric Pierrot	...	Capitaine Fauré
Claire Johnston	...	La mère de Juliette et Léa
Catherine Hosmalin	...	La conseillère d'insertion
Jean-Claude Arnaud	...	Papy Paul
Olivier Cruveiller	...	Gérard
Lise Ségur	...	P'tit Lys
Mouss	...	Samir (as Mouss Zouheyri)
Souad Mouchrik	...	Kaisha
Nicole Dubois	...	La DRH hôpital
Laurent Claret	...	Directeur hôpital
Marcel Ouendeno	...	Bamakalé
Gérard Barbonnet	...	Monsieur Lucien
Jérémie Covillault	...	Le jeune inspecteur
Kevin Lipka	...	L'étudiant
Bruno Raffaelli	...	Monsieur Dupuis
Pascal Demolon	...	L'homme du bar
Aïcha Mimouni	...	Serveuse du bar
Catherine Antoine	...	Bimbo Lucien
Lily-Rose	...	Emelia
Valentin Jalet	...	Bébé Kaisha
Claire Lefevre	...	Marie-Paule - dite Katrina (voice)
Pascal Bordes	...	Patrick
Alain Buron	...	François
Isabelle Destrez	...	Muriel
Nathalie Hamel	...	Nathalie
Dominique Kucharzewski	...	Anne
Marc Léonian	...	Yves
Eva Quinto	...	Florence
Elio Guarino	...	Enfant
Alixane Pachot	...	Enfant
Laurine Pachot	...	Enfant
Hannah Peytavi-Müller	...	Enfant
Olga Peytavi-Müller	...	Enfant
Théo Urbauer	...	Enfant
Alexandre Voisin	...	Enfant
Maryse Voisin	...	Enfant
Angèle Zidi	...	Enfant
Paul Zidi	...	Enfant
Bryce Hitchcock	...	Emelia (voice)

Directed by
Philippe Claudel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Philippe Claudel		writer

Produced by
Sylvestre Guarino	....	executive producer
Yves Marmion	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Louis Aubert

Cinematography by
Jérôme Alméras

Film Editing by
Virginie Bruant

Production Design by
Samuel Deshors

Art Direction by
Emmanuelle Cuillery

Costume Design by
Laurence Esnault

Makeup Department
Patrick Girault	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production manager
Antoine Moussault	....	unit production manager
Jean-Patrick Nourricier	....	assistant unit manager
Arzur Ronan	....	assistant unit manager
Sandrine Rouquié	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Philippe Crave	....	third assistant director
Thomas Ghitti	....	third assistant director
Stanislas Klos	....	trainee assistant director
Claire Lefevre	....	trainee assistant director
Thomas Parnet	....	second assistant director
Aurelie Poulain	....	third assistant director
Julien Zidi	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Denis Lourenco	....	ripper
Romain Scavazza	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Julien Baissat	....	foley artist assistant
Pierre Bompy	....	sound trainee
Stéphane Brunclair	....	sound editor
Stéphane Brunclair	....	sound
Denis Carquin	....	boom operator
Guadalupe Cassius	....	dialogue editor
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Sophie Durand	....	assistant sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound mixer
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Armelle Mahé	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects supervisor
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects technician

Camera and Electrical Department
Karine Arlot	....	second assistant camera
Simon Beaufils	....	camera operator
Simon Blanchard	....	first assistant camera
Xavier Cholet	....	gaffer
Nicolas Rideau	....	additional camera operator
Jan Rubens	....	Steadicam operator
Thierry Valletoux	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Elisa Aboulker	....	assistant editor
Natacha Louis	....	colorist

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant

Other crew
Séverine Barré	....	administrator of production
Lucie Truffaut	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Roger Viry-Babel	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• UGC YM
• Canal+
• Eurimages
• France 3 Cinéma
• Integral Film
• Sofica Soficinéma 4
• Sofica UGC 1
• TPS Star
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Distributors

• UGC Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (English Canada)
• Moviemobz Rain (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Métropole Films Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (Quebec)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Alamode Film (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Creative Regie  production services and equipment (production services)

Also Known As:

I've Loved You So Long (UK) (USA)
So viele Jahre liebe ich dich (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material and smoking.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | USA:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:M | UK:12A | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Company:

UGC YM

Quotes:

Juliette Fontaine: The worst prison is the death of one's child. You never get out of it.

Movie Connections:

References To Be or Not to Be (1942)

French movie-making at its best

This is one of those films that, the less you know about it in advance, the more you are likely to appreciate it - which makes reviewing it a little problematic. All you really need to know is that it's French and excellent. But you might like to know that it's a wonderful vehicle for Kristin Scott Thomas, the British actress married to a Frenchman, who plays Juliette, an Anglo-French woman with some dark and painful secrets which only slowly unfold as the narrative takes its traumatic course. The movie opens and closes with close-ups of her haunted face and, in between, she is rarely off the screen in a marvellously nuanced performance, well supported by Elsa Zylberstein who plays her younger sister Léa. Written and directed by Philippe Claudel, this is French movie-making at its best.