Autumn 1985. A storm awakens the Mediterranean. A village is devastated, crops destroyed. On the beach, the waves have washed up a whale. Dead, it is declared a carrier of disease. Corbac, a sick and misanthropic winegrower, wants to save the cetacean's skeleton from being blown up for sanitary reasons. Day and night, his daughter Mathilde watches as the largest of creatures is paraded piece by piece in front of the church, the school, and the distillery, awakening the unconsciousness and violence of the villagers. Mathilde knows her father. He will see it through to the end...
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Sergi López
Corbac
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Solène Rigot
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Bernard Blancan
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Moussa Maaskri
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Annie Grégorio
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Thomas VDB
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Les Francis
Sylvère Petit Director · Nathan Le Graciet Screenplay Michaël Capron Cinematographer
Budget $3.5M · Produced in Belgium, Spain, France · Production Iota Production, Imagic TV
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$3,500,000
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Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée
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Iota Production
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Imagic TV
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Upside Films
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Belgium · Spain · France
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Original language
French
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French
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