Sunshine for the Poor
6.7
On a hot Sunday morning, Nathalie Sanchez, an unemployed hair stylist, walks across the Causses plateau in search of a shepherd. When she finds one, he tells her that he has lost his flock. They walk together and while chatting they meet several times a shepherd's son turned outlaw, Carol Izba. The latter, despite being pursued by a famous bounty killer, Pool, proves unable to leave the region...
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Isabelle Girardet
Nathalie Sanchez
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Kim Kong
Alain Guiraudie
Carol Izba
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Heroes Never Die
Starless Night
Antoine Héberlé
Jean-Paul Jourdàa
Pool Oxanosas Daï
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Lilie Lê-Liêu
Michel Turquin
Djema Gaouda Lon
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Stéphane De Rocquigny
Sylvain Girardeau
Michel Vautier
Claudia Neubern
Pierre Molin
Anne-Marie Groscolas
Alain Guiraudie Director · Antoine Héberlé Cinematographer Pierre Molin Editor
United States release February 7, 2014 · Produced in France · Production LMK, Les Films du Temps qui passe
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K Production
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LMK
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Les Films du Temps qui passe
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PROCIREP
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Région Midi-Pyrénées
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Thécif
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France
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Original title
Du soleil pour les gueux
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 7, 2001
Theatrical
United States · February 7, 2014
Limited theatrical · Screening at the Harvard Film Archive
Argentina
April 10, 2010 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Greece
November 8, 2013 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Italy
November 6, 2003 · TV premiere
Netherlands
January 26, 2002 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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