Fainted Away
L'Évanouie
Switzerland 1993. S-16/Beta, VHS, colour, 90 min.
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Fatally ill, Claire (Stéphane Audran) must undergo some exams. Her son Daniel (Thomas Chabrol) brings her to the hospital and leaves her at the entrance. But, with no warning, Claire suddenly decides not to endure any further treatment and books herself into a hotel by Lake Geneva instead. Claire whiles her time away wandering along the quays while her son tries desperately tries to find her. She meets an older man (Daniel Gélin) who helps her bear her last days of suffering.
| Director | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Script | Jacqueline Veuve, Jacques Nollo, Sandra Joxe d'après le roman «L'Évanouie» de Jean Bloch-Michel |
| Cast | Stéphane Audran (Claire), Daniel Gélin (Le vieux monsieur), Thomas Chabrol (Daniel), Lucienne Hamon (Julia), Jacques Mathou (Jean) |
| Photography | Bruno de Kaeyzer |
| Sound | Jean-Louis Ughetto |
| Editing | Edwige Ochsenbein |
| Music | Pierre-André Meylan |
| Duration | 90 min. |
| Format | S-16/Beta, VHS, colour, 25 ips |
| Versions | français |
| Sales DVD/Video | VHS [order |
| Festivals/Prizes | Festival of Women's Film, Créteil |
| Production | Odessa, Nanterre; Les productions JMH SA; TSR; FR3 |
| World Rights | Les productions JMH SA |
| Distribution Switzerland | JMH Distributions SA Rue de la Cassarde 4, Case postale 58 CH-2005 Neuchâtel 5 Tel +41 32 729 00 20 - Fax +412 32 729 00 29 |
| Literature | B.Galland, Une femme de cinéma, 2003, p. 27ss. |
Press review
All them major themes of this turn of the century, are touched, gently, with a discretion that is art itself.
Télérama, Paris, 31.7.93 (Antoine Perraud)
Death is, of course, off camera, an intruder with really no right to enter. The actors are in unison: Stéphane Audran and Daniel Gélin delicately sketch a relationship where all is so obvious that no more need be said
Libération, Paris, 30./31.7.93 (Hubert Prolongeau)