To Life | |
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Director: | Jean-Jacques Zilbermann |
Producer: | Denis Carot Marie Masmonteil |
Starring: | Julie Depardieu Johanna ter Steege Suzanne Clément |
Music: | Eric Slabiak |
Cinematography: | Rémy Chevrin |
Editing: | Joële van Effenterre |
Studio: | Elzévir Films France 3 Cinéma |
Distributor: | Le Pacte |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Gross: | $375,520[1] |
To Life (original title: À la vie) is a 2014 French drama film directed and co-written by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. The film was presented in the Piazza Grande section at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars Julie Depardieu, Johanna ter Steege and Suzanne Clément.[2]
The film was inspired by the story of Irene Zilbermann, the director's mother, a Holocaust survivor, although the names are changed and particulars fictionalized.[3]
Three women who met in Auschwitz reconnect 15 years later during a seaside holiday in Berck-Plage.