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L' Ecume des jours (Original title)Mood Indigo (Alternative title)
Date: 2013 (Copyright)

Countries: France, Belgium, Luxembourg

Director: Michel Gondry

Synopsis: Romance/Fantasy. Wealthy and eccentric Parisian bachelor Colin falls in love with and marries Chloé. But the couple’s idyll comes to an end when a water lily starts growing in one of Chloé’s lungs.

Genres:
Romance, Fantasy

Subjects:
Love, Diseases, Flowers
Releases
Date: 24 April 2013Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: French
Date: 01 August 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 94 mins 25 secs - Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited

Credits (79)
©: Brio Films, ©: StudioCanal, ©: Scope Pictures, ©: France 2 Cinéma, ©: Herodiade, Co-production: Brio Films, Co-production: StudioCanal, Co-production: France 2 Cinéma, Co-production: Herodiade, Co-production: RTBF (Télévision Belge), Belgacom, In association with: Cinémage 6, In association with: Cinémage 7, In association with: Banque Postale Image 5, In association with: Manon 2, S.C.A. Anton Capital Entertainment, With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: Ciné+, France Télévisions, With the support of: Centre national de la cinématographie, With the support of: Eurimages, With the support of: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, With the support of: Wallonie, With the support of: Procirep, With the support of: L' Angoa, Centre du Cinéma et l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Co-production: Scope Pictures, Supported by: Eurimages, Supported by: Région Île de France, Supported by: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Supported by: Procirep, L' Angoa, With the participation of: Fonds d'Action SACEM, Produced with the support of: Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, With the participation of: Wallonie, Presents: StudioCanal, International Sales: StudioCanal, Executive Producer: Xavier Castano, Produced by: Luc Bossi, Line Producer: Xavier Castano, Production Manager: Gilles Castera, Locations: Valérie Segond, Post-production Supervisor: Doris Yoba, 1st Assistant Director: Olivier Coutard, Script Supervisor: Carole Fèvre, Casting: Marie-France Michel, Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue: Michel Gondry, Luc Bossi, Based on the novel 'L'Écume des jours' by: Boris Vian, Artistic Collaborator: Carole Fèvre, Nicole Bertolt, Director of Photography: Christophe Beaucarne, Camera Operator: Éric Bialas, Steadicam Operator: Éric Bialas, Visual Effects Supervisor: Arnaud Fouquet, Visual Effects Supervisor: Romain Strabol, Visual Effects: Be Digital, Special Effects Supervisor: Julien Poncet, Animation Director: Valerie Pirson, Editor: Marie-Charlotte Moreau, Art Director: Stéphane Rozenbaum, Costume Designer: Florence Fontaine, Key Make-up: Frédérique Ney, Key Make-up: Lucia Bretones-Mendez, Key Hair Stylist: Jane Milon, End Credits: Fred Roz, Original Music: Etienne Charry, Original Music Composed and Conducted by: Etienne Charry, Choreographer: Bianca Li, Sound Recordist: Pierre Mertens, Sound: Pierre Mertens, Sound: Damien Aubry, Sound: Franco Piscopo, Sound: Benoît Biral, Sound Mixer: Franco Piscopo, Co-sound Mixer: Benoît Biral, Supervising Sound Editor: Damien Aubry, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rémi Canaple
Cast (13)
Romain Duris (Colin), Audrey Tautou (Chloé), Gad Elmaleh (Chick), Omar Sy (Nicolas), Aïssa Maïga (Alise), Charlotte Le Bon (Isis), Sacha Bourdo (Mouse), Vincent Rottiers (Priest), Philippe Torreton (Jean-Sol Partre), Laurent Lafitte (company director), Alain Chabat (Jules Gouffé), Natacha Régnier (remedy seller), Zinédine Soualem (gun factory manager)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: ReFocus: the films of Michel Gondry
Author: BLOCK, Marcelline  Pages: xi, 227 pages