Slack Bay (2016)
Ma Loute (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 2h 2min
- Comedy, Fantasy
- 13 May 2016 (France)
- Movie
In the early 20th century, at the Pas de Calais, people mysteriously disappear as Ma Loute, son of the local fishermen family, and Billie, daughter of the snobbish Van Peteghems, fall in love each other.
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- 5 wins & 17 nominations.
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Cast
| Fabrice Luchini | ... |
André Van Peteghem
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| Juliette Binoche | ... |
Aude Van Peteghem
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| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | ... |
Isabelle Van Peteghem
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| Jean-Luc Vincent | ... |
Christian Van Peteghem
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Brandon Lavieville | ... |
Ma Loute Brufort
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| Raph | ... |
Billie Van Peteghem
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| Didier Després | ... |
Alfred Machin
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Cyril Rigaux | ... |
Malfoy
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Laura Dupré | ... |
Nadège
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Thierry Lavieville | ... |
L'Eternel Brufort
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Caroline Carbonnier | ... |
La mère Brufort
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| Manon Royère | ... |
Blanche Van Peteghem
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Lauréna Thellier | ... |
Gaby Van Peteghem
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Maya Sarac | ... |
La dame à l'ombrelle jaune
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Noah Noulard | ... |
Cloclo Brufort
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Julian Teiten | ... |
Patte Brufort
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Noa Creton | ... |
Ti-Louis Brufort
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Fabien Fenet | ... |
L'ecclésiastique
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Yohann Belz | ... |
Le pêcheur du parc à huîtres
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Yohann Poulain | ... |
Le policier naufrage
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Cécile Després | ... |
La serveuse omelette
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Christian Coeugniet | ... |
Le colonel
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Angélique Vergara | ... |
Nudiste 1
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Anna Zakharova | ... |
Nudiste 2
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Yannick Pouchenaud | ... |
Le scaphandrier
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Elise Merlin | ... |
Chanteuse procession
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Manon Morgenthaler | ... |
Chanteuse procession
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Evelyne Dandoy | ... |
Chanteuse procession
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Fabrice Jolie | ... |
Chanteur procession
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Directed by
| Bruno Dumont | ||
Written by
| Bruno Dumont | ... | (dialogue) |
| Bruno Dumont | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Rachid Bouchareb | ... | producer |
| Jean Bréhat | ... | producer |
| Rémi Burah | ... | co-producer |
| Martin Hampel | ... | line producer: Germany |
| Thanassis Karathanos | ... | co-producer |
| Genevieve Lemal | ... | co-producer |
| Muriel Merlin | ... | producer |
| Olivier Père | ... | co-producer |
| Alain-Gilles Viellevoye | ... | financier |
Cinematography by
| Guillaume Deffontaines | ||
Editing by
| Basile Belkhiri | ||
| Bruno Dumont | ||
Editorial Department
| Marina Amaro | ... | dailies: M141 |
| Pierre Beautrait | ... | conformation: M141 |
| Justine Bernal | ... | lab supervisor: M141 |
| Emmanuel Blanchard | ... | dcp: Ecuador, Perú |
| Thibault Carterot | ... | ceo: M141 |
| Richard Deusy | ... | colorist |
| Denis Etienne | ... | visual effects: M141 |
| Patrice Goessant | ... | chief technical officer: M141 |
| Mustapha Laatita | ... | conformation: M141 |
| Corentin Lemercier | ... | lab technician: M141 |
| Lucas B. Masson | ... | trailer |
| Iván Mora Manzano | ... | dcp: Ecuador, Perú |
| Cecile Portal | ... | deliveries: M141 |
| Evy Roselet | ... | colorist: dailies |
Casting By
| Catherine Charrier | ||
| Clément Morelle | ||
Production Design by
| Riton Dupire-Clément | ||
Art Direction by
| Riton Dupire-Clément | ||
Set Decoration by
| Riton Dupire-Clément | ||
| Martin Dupont-Domenjoud | ||
Costume Design by
| Alexandra Charles | ||
Makeup Department
| Frédéric Balmer | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Balthazar | ... | hair stylist |
| Morgane Bernhard | ... | personal hair stylist: Juliette Binoche / wig maker: Juliette Binoche |
| Michèle Constantinides | ... | key makeup artist |
| Mathieu Gueracague | ... | key hair stylist |
| Alexis Kinebanyan | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Jana Lindner | ... | key makeup artist (as Jana Schulze) |
Production Management
| Julien Bouley | ... | unit production manager |
| Emmanuelle Dubois | ... | assistant production manager |
| Charlotte Duliere | ... | co-production executive: Scope Pictures |
| Cedric Ettouati | ... | production manager |
| Claude Guillouard | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Bastien Larue | ... | assistant production manager: daily |
| Marilyne Maia | ... | production manager: Scope Pictures |
| Carlo Märzke | ... | assistant production manager |
| Oliver Wissmann | ... | production manager: wdr |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Elise Cresson | ... | third assistant director |
| Bénédicte Dujardin | ... | second assistant director |
| Aurélia Hollart | ... | second assistant director |
| Marie Levent | ... | first assistant director |
| Laura Mathon | ... | trainee assistant director |
| Cyril Pavaux | ... | first assistant director: pre-production |
| Charlotte Trunet | ... | trainee assistant director |
Art Department
| Martin Dupont-Domenjoud | ... | property master |
| David Edouard | ... | set dresser |
| Steph Guerreau | ... | carpenter |
| Yannick Heuveline | ... | carpenter |
| Julien Joanny | ... | props buyer |
| Rémi Jollant | ... | assistant property master |
Sound Department
| Christophe Bourreau | ... | foley artist |
| Charles Bussienne | ... | mastering engineer |
| Emmanuel Croset | ... | sound |
| Nicolas Gilou | ... | boom operator |
| Matthieu Lasausa | ... | sound assistant: auditorium |
| Philippe Lecoeur | ... | sound |
| Romain Ozanne | ... | sound editor |
| Hubert Teissedre | ... | foley pre-mixer |
Special Effects by
| Yves Domenjoud | ... | special effects supervisor |
Visual Effects by
| Gilberto Arpioni | ... | lead compositing artist |
| Tommy Barry | ... | visual effects artist |
| Adrien Bauve | ... | digital compositor |
| Jean-Michel Boublil | ... | visual effects supervisor: Automatik vfx |
| Pauline Bouyer | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| David Connely | ... | cyber scanning technician |
| Christophe Courgeau | ... | mattepaint lead |
| Simon Descamps | ... | visual effects producer: Mikros image |
| Benoit Imbert | ... | digital compositor |
| Frank Jentner | ... | digital matte painter |
| Lucie Mahu | ... | visual effects editor: Automatik VFX |
| Branford Meentzen | ... | junior digital mattepainter |
| Hugues Namur | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Nikul Patel | ... | photogrammetry supervisor |
| Julien Pierret | ... | digital compositor |
| Jaz Rongokea | ... | visual effects producer |
| Heiko Tippelt | ... | digital compositor |
| Hazel Weatherall | ... | 3d scanning digital artist |
Stunts
| Sybille Blouin | ... | stunt double |
| Rémi Canaple | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Gilles Cappelletto | ... | travelling car stunts |
| Kevin Cauderlier | ... | assistant stunt coordinator / stunt rigger |
| David Depret | ... | stunt double |
| David Grolleau | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Roger Arpajou | ... | still photographer |
| Thomas Collet | ... | second assistant camera |
| Pierre Dejon | ... | camera operator: B camera |
| Eric Gies | ... | gaffer |
| Sarah Karama | ... | electrician |
| Maud Lemaistre | ... | first assistant camera: camera B |
| Jean-Bernard Lortie | ... | best boy electician |
| Laurent Passera | ... | key grip |
| Benjamin Tessier | ... | electrician |
| Anna-Katia Vincent | ... | drone operator / first assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Célia Bardoux | ... | wardrobe |
| Alexandra Charles | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
| Nina Cuviller | ... | wardrobe |
Location Management
| Amélie Jourdain | ... | location production assistant |
| David Laurent | ... | location manager |
| Lionel Rocques | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Edouard Sueur | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
| Elise Luguern | ... | music supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
| Camille Arpajou | ... | assistant script supervisor |
| Virginie Barbay | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
| Lucie Bourzam | ... | production administrator |
| Catherine Charrier | ... | dialogue coach |
| Serge Hayat | ... | equity provider |
| Christin Meyer | ... | Financial Manager at Twenty Twenty Vision / production coordinator: at Pallas Film |
| Virginie Simon | ... | production lawyer |
Production Companies
- 3B Productions
- Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH (co-production)
- Pallas Film (co-production)
- Arte France Cinéma (co-production)
- WDR/Arte (co-production)
- Memento Films (in association with)
- Memento Films International (in association with)
- Pictanovo (in association with)
- Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains (in association with)
- Cofinova 12 (in association with)
- Cinémage 10 (in association with)
- Soficinéma 12 (in association with)
- Scope Pictures (in association with)
- Canal+ (participation)
- Ciné+ (participation)
- ARTE (participation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- Région Hauts-de-France (support)
- Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (support)
- Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (support)
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
Distributors
- Memento Films (2016) (France) (theatrical)
- MUBI (2016) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- MUBI (2016) (Ireland) (subtitled)
- Mozinet (2016) (Hungary)
- BestFilm.eu (2016) (Estonia) (theatrical)
- Alfa Films (2016) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Alpha Filmes (2017) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Cinema Prestige (2016) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Kino Lorber (2017) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Neue Visionen Filmverleih (2017) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Thimfilm Filmverleih (2017) (Austria) (theatrical)
- VerCine (2017) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Weird Wave (2017) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Falcon Films (2017) (Lebanon) (Middle East)
- La Aventura (2017) (Spain)
- Leopardo Filmes (2017) (Portugal)
- Movies Inspired (2016) (Italy)
- NDMantarraya (2017) (Mexico)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- good movies! (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- good movies! (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Plowman Craven & Associates (cyber scanning)
Other Companies
- Kinou Conseil (cinematographer agent)
- Theaterkunst (costume rental)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide. There lives a small community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a curious family, the Bréfort, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father nick-named "The Eternal", who rules as best as he can on his prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute, aged 18. Towering high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems' mansion. Every summer, this bourgeois family - all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding - stagnates in the villa, not without mingling during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute and the other Bréforts. Over the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem, confusion and mystification will descend on both families, shaking their convictions, foundations and way of life. Written by Memento Films |
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Box Office
| Budget | EUR7,209,690 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend France | $920,719, 15 May 2016 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The second of Bruno Dumont's films to employ some professional actors rather than only amateurs after Camille Claudel 1915 (2013), which already starred Juliette Binoche. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Bruno Dumont: Nordfrankreichs raue Schönheit (2020). See more » |
| Soundtracks | BARBERINE: PRELUDE AU 2ème ACTE See more » |