Les Fraises des bois
Wild Strawberries
Violette lives in the heart of the French countryside with her parents,
who are rich farm owners. Gabriel works at a supermarket checkout. These two inconspicuous characters may appear to have little
history, but they are suffocating in their daily lives, and both hide dark secrets. From hesitant meetings to chance encounters,
in the course of the seasons they will travel an unpredictable path as they seek to break free of their chains… and resort
to radical solutions.
Director's Biography
Dominique Choisy, born in France. He is a former student of
the French cinema school l’IDHEC. After directing 5 short films, he shot MODERN COMFORT, his first feature film, in 1999,
which won the Fipresci Prize at the Mar del Plata Festival (Argentina) in 2001. He teaches writing and directing at the Université
Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV) in Amiens where he lives, and is a member of the French association l’ACID, which supports and
promotes independent movies from all over the world. // Films (Selected): CONFORT MODERNE (Modern Comfort, 1999), LES FRAISES
DES BOIS (Wild Strawberries, 2011)
European Panorama Fiction 2012
Dominique Choisy
France 2011
color
99
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Dominique Choisy
Cinematography
Laurent Coltelloni, Alexis Kavyrchine, Julien Roux
Editing
Isabelle Debraye
Sound/Sounddesign Luq Lebel
With Juliette Damiens, Julien Lambert, Stéphane Lara, Nathalie Richard, Jean-Michel
Noirey, Yannick Becquelin
Production
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