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14/1 | 11: 00 | Western

France/1997
Manuel Poirier

Synopsis

Paco and Nino are travelling through Brittany, in search of love. Paco is a Spaniard who is very successful with women and Nino is an humble Russian immigrant who would like to be successful with one woman in particular. This is a story of their friendship and the people they meet along the way. A contemporary road movie, set in the West.

Director
Manuel Poirier

Screenplay
Manuel Poirier

Director of Photography
Nara Keo Kosal

Film Editing
Yann Dedet

Producers
Maurice Bernant, Michel Saint-Jean

Production Company
Salomé, Diaphana Films, Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Cast
Sergi López, Élisabeth Vital, Basile Siekoua, Sacha Bourdo, Marie Matheron

Duration
124’

Manuel Poirier
Director's Biography
Manuel Poirier

Manuel Poirier was born in 1954. He is a director and writer, known for Byways (2004), Western (1997) and La Petite Amie d’Antonio (1992). His filmography consists of seventeen films, while Western won Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.