The Witnesses

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-07

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2106 Reviews)

Director:

Andrè Tèchinè

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Michel Blanc Emmanuelle Bèart Sami Bouajila Julie Depardieu

Writer:

Andrè Tèchinè (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Laurent Guyot (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Viviane Zingg (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Michel Canesi (idea)

Jamil Rahmani (idea)

Fullplot:

June 1984 to June 1985, from happy days to war to summer's return. A middle-aged doctor in Paris, Adrien, meets Manu, a young gay man from the provinces who lives with his sister, an opera singer. Adrien likes Manu, loves him even, in a Platonic relationship. Sarah, a writer, and Mehdi, a vice-squad cop, have an infant. Sarah discovers she has no taste for parenthood. Adrien bring Manu to Sarah's country cabin where Mehdi saves Manu from drowning. Back in Paris, an affair begins as a plague descends on Parisian gays. There are tests, illness, anger, relief, separations, and death. A year later, these friends meet again at the summer place. They are witnesses to how happiness has changed.

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