Summary Under threat in Algeria, Ismahel emigrates to France where he wants to live and work, with the hope that the people he's fleeing from will forget him the time he is away. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he tells his own story in the guise of the biblical tale of Jonas and the Whale. Somewhere in France, an elderly farmer has just lost his young son. His three other children help him as much as they can to get through the trial of the funeral, but the ceremony is halted when the old man falls ill. The two stories unfold parallel to each other and are alternated. View more details
Directed : Arnaud des Pallières
Written : Arnaud des Pallières
Stars : Olivier Gourmet Michael Lonsdale Laurent Lucas Axel Bogousslavsky
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Sep 7, 2004
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Les Films d'Ici Conseil Régional d'Auvergne
Summary Under threat in Algeria, Ismahel emigrates to France where he wants to live and work, with the hope that the people he's fleeing from will forget him the time he is away. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he tells his own story in the guise of the biblical tale of Jonas and the Whale. Somewhere in France, an elderly farmer has just lost his young son. His three other children help him as much as they can to get through the trial of the funeral, but the ceremony is halted when the old man falls ill. The two stories unfold parallel to each other and are alternated. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Sep 7, 2004
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Les Films d'Ici Conseil Régional d'Auvergne
