Skin of Man, Heart of Beast
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hélène Angel
Serge Riaboukine
Cathy Hinderchied
Bernard Blancan
Jean-louis Richard
Virginie Guinand
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A tale which focuses on a family reunion which goes terribly awry. After a 15-year unexplained absence, a man named Coco returns to his family clan in France's southern Alps. While his story of service in the Foreign Legion is not wholly accepted by his mother or two adult brothers, he is nonetheless welcomed home. His sudden re-appearance and strange, erratic behavior has an unnerving effect on the household, particularly on his two very young nieces who view this stranger with varying degrees of apprehension.The family reunion is happy at first, but old tensions arise and soon a volatile mix of anger, violence and madness engulfs the family.
Director
Hélène Angel
Cast
Serge Riaboukine
Cathy Hinderchied
Bernard Blancan
Jean-louis Richard
Virginie Guinand
Marc Andre Brunet
Pascal Cervo
Guilaine Londez
Maaike Jansen
Crew
Hélène Angel
Pascal Caucheteux
Agnes Desacy
Jean-claude Janer
Philippe Larue
Claude Martin
Olivier Mauvezin
Mathieu Menut
Philippe Miller
Isabelle Razavet
Eric Renault
Catherine Rigault
Laurent Rouan
Sttphane Thitbaut
Martin Wheeler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Film Club Jury Prize at Tromso International Film Festival January 18-23, 2000.
Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film and the Bronze Leopard for Best Actor (Serge Riaboukine) at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States August 1999
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States March 2000
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States Summer June 21, 2002
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (international competition) August 4-14, 1999.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.
Shown at Tromso International Film Festival January 18-23, 2000.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Helene Angel.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Tromso International Film Festival January 18-23, 2000.)
Released in United States Summer June 21, 2002
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States August 1999 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (international competition) August 4-14, 1999.)
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Rendez-vous With French Cinema 2000" March 10-19, 2000.)
