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Brief synopsis

The newly-wed Antoine climbs an alp with the elderly Séraphin. A few weeks later a terrible landslide takes people and animals to their death. There are no survivors. The few who have escaped the disaster inform the village. Thérèse, Antoine's young wife, is pregnant. It's difficult for her to see her pregnancy through and adjust to her role as a young widow. Two months later, Antoine manages to free himself from the rubble. The villagers think he's a ghost. Finally they come to accept the fact he is alive. But he cannot accept the fact he is the only survivor. He returns to the mountain, convinced that Séraphin is still alive. At dawn, Thérèse discovers his disappearance. She wants to look for him among the debris, in order to “snatch from the dead something still alive”.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Isabel OteroThérèse Maye [L]
Jacques PenotAntoine [L]
Jean-Marc BoryNendaz [L]
Bruno CremerSéraphin [GS]
Maria MachadoAline [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Director of photographyEmanuel Machuel
DirectorFrancis Reusser
EditorChristine Benoît
Genny operatorBruno Keller
ComposerMaria Carta
ScreenwriterJacques Baynac
ScreenwriterChristiane Grimm
ScreenwriterFrancis Reusser
Literary sourceCharles Ferdinand Ramuz

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
1985FranceFestival de Cannes