Born in 68 explained

Born in 68
Director:Olivier Ducastel
Jacques Martineau
Producer:Lola Gans
Philippe Martin
Starring:Laetitia Casta
Yannick Renier
Yann Trégouët
Music:Philippe Miller
Cinematography:Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Editing:Dominique Galliéni
Distributor:Pyramide Distribution
Runtime:173 minutes
Country:France
Language:French
Budget:€4.6 million[1]
Gross:$538,748[2]

Born in 68 (original title: Nés en 68) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. The film has the sub-title 'Nous nous aimerons jusqu'à la mort' ('We will love each other until death').

Plot summary

In 1968 Catherine, Yves and Hervé are 20, all students in Paris; the May revolt up-ends their lives. They attempt to form their own community with friends on an abandoned farm in the Lot. Their need for freedom and individual fulfilment leads them to make choices which separates them in the end with Catherine alone remaining at the farm. In 1989 the children of Catherine and Yves become adults in a world that has profoundly changed: with the end of communism and the AIDS epidemic, they revisit the militant legacy of the previous generation. Much like their parents before them, they begin to question the generation that preceded them, while fighting for a better world than the one into which they were born.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Cabourg Film Festival

Release

Originally finished as two 100-minute episodes which were scheduled on Arte, and France 2 during 2009, a 170-minute shorter version was offered to the Cannes Film Festival organizers, in relation to the 40th anniversary of the 1968 events.[4] A DVD of this cinema version was released in 2010.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nés en 68 . JP's Box-Office.
  2. Web site: Nés en 68 . Box Office Mojo.
  3. https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/84793/ Nés en 68 steals show at Cabourg
  4. https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/83475/ Fabien Lemercier: Nés en 68 may get theatrical release (11 April 2008), on Cineuropa website
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_dvv&q=N%C3%A9s+en+68&fq=fm%3Advv WorldCat entries for search result on Nés en 68