| Title |
The thorn in the heart / Oscilloscope Laboratories & Partizan Films present a film by Michel Gondry ; produced by Georges Bermann. |
| OCLC |
652183278 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
896602002166 |
| Music number |
OSC 16 Oscilloscope Pictures |
| Publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : Oscilloscope Pictures, [2010] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Gondry, Suzette.
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Gondry, Jean-Yves.
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Gondry, Michel.
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Teachers -- France -- Biography.
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Mothers and sons -- France.
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Families -- France -- Biography.
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Gondry family.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Documentary films.
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| System details note |
DVD, NTSC, region 0, widescreen; Dolby 5.1 surround & stereo. |
| Participant or performer note |
Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves Gondry, Michel Gondry, Sasha Allard. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Jean-Louis Bompoint ; film editor, Marie-Charlotte Moreau. |
| Target audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
A former schoolteacher in rural France, Suzette has always had a fraught relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel Gondry, the director and nephew, appears as interviewer and sometimes moderator throughout the film, uses his camera to explore the rich and often difficult family history in a subtle, sensitive, and humorous way. Featuring new interviews, archival Super-8 home movies, animations, and moving score. |
| NOTE |
No public performance rights included. |
| Language note |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Awards note |
Festival de Cannes, Sélection officielle. |
| General note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released in 2009 by Partizan Films under the French title: L'épine dans le coeur. |
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Special features: A brief history of the Harkis; Techno Suzette; Calendars doodled: one year of drawings by youngsters; Stop motion animation by Gondry collaborator Valerie Pirson; Charlotte Gainsbourg's "Little monsters"; post-screening Q&A with Gondry at SXSW premiere; In conversation: a special event with Michel Gondry at SXSW Film Festival. |
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