The French-Belgian film Réparer les vivants by Katell Quillévéré, presented in Orizzonti section, competes for the Queer Lion Award 2016. For lack of real LGBT characters the italian film, by Edoardo De Angelis, Invisibili (presented in the section Giornate degli Autori – Venice days), is out of the competition for the Queer Lion Award 2016
Réparer les vivants
by Katell Quillévéré
with Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval
(France, Belgium, 103′)
It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the raging seas. A few hours later, on the way home, an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support in a hospital in Le Havre, Simon’s existence is little more than an illusion. Meanwhile, in Paris, a woman, mother of two, music lover, who started a relationship with a charming and talented female pianist, awaits the organ transplant that will give her a new lease on life.
Sep 03 | 19:30 Sala Casinò | Lido di Venezia | Press, Industry
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Sep 04 | 14:30 Sala Darsena | Lido di Venezia | Tickets, All Accreditations
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