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Films

The way to happiness (Le chemin du bonheur)

Support :	AFS
Director(s):	Nicolas Steil
Producer(s):	IRIS PRODUCTIONS Iris Films (BE), Tu Vas Voir (FR), Belga Production (BE)
Script:	Michel Fessler & Henri Roanne-Rosenblatt, in collaboration with Nicolas Steil
Year:	2022
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Dramatic comedy
Original version:	French, German, Yiddish
Running time:	115'
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Synopsis

Saül Birnbaum became a “hidden child”, when at the age of only 6, he had to be separated from his parents to escape the impending Shoah and was sent abroad by a so-called “Kindertransport”, from Vienna to Brussels. In 1986, Saül is on the path to resilience. He reinvents his life and tries to re-enchant it by opening a delicatessen, unlike any other, where the art of cinema takes centre stage every single day. Saül and his protégé Joakin, a young Chilean director who fled Pinochet, decide to turn the story of Saül’s childhood into a film, allowing both of them to overcome their trauma. Alas, love comes knocking on Saül’s door and he is forced to confront his past.

Casting

Simon Abkarian, Pascale Arbillot, Django Schrevens, André Jung, Michel Vuillermoz, Eric Caravaca, Helena Noguera, Roxanne Duran, Raoul Schlechter, Tania Garbarski, Nathalie Laroche, Mathilada May, Brigitte Fossey

Crew

DOP : Pierre Milon
Production design : Herald Najar
Editor : Damien Keyeux
Composer : Kyan Bayani;
Casting director : Véronique Fauconnet
Costume designer : Uli Simon
Key Make-up and hair : Katja Reinert
Sound recordist: Alain Goniva
Gaffer: Helder Loureiro Alves Da Silva
Key grip: Jean-François Roqueplo
Sound editor: Nicolas Leroy
Mixer: Michel Schillings
1st director assistant : Alex Brown
Line producer: Nathalie Nghet

Nominations & Awards

Official Selection in competition @ Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême, August 2021
Sacramento World Film Festival (USA) 2022 : Prix du meilleur film étranger

Contacts producers

Iris Group
T +352 27 39 70 12 20

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