Summary The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing: a country of snow and dense forests somewhere in the North. A family lives in an isolated house near a lake. Alexi, the brother, is a young man with pure heart. A woodcutter. An ecstatic, prey to epileptic fits, he is entirely opened to the nature that surrounds him. Alexi is terribly close to his younger sister, Hege. Their blind mother, their father and their little brother are the silent witnesses to their overwhelming love. A stranger arrives, a young man barely older that Alexi... View more details
Directed : Philippe Grandrieux
Written : Philippe Grandrieux
Stars : Aleksey Solonchev Natálie Rehorová Dmitriy Kubasov Simona Huelsemann
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 17, 2009
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Shellac
Language : French
Filming locations : France
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Mandrake Films
Summary The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing: a country of snow and dense forests somewhere in the North. A family lives in an isolated house near a lake. Alexi, the brother, is a young man with pure heart. A woodcutter. An ecstatic, prey to epileptic fits, he is entirely opened to the nature that surrounds him. Alexi is terribly close to his younger sister, Hege. Their blind mother, their father and their little brother are the silent witnesses to their overwhelming love. A stranger arrives, a young man barely older that Alexi... View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 17, 2009
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Shellac
Language : French
Filming locations : France
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Mandrake Films
