COUPLE IN A HOLE
by Tom Geens
synopsis
Birds tweet. The wind gently rustles leaves. A man dives on a rabbit and kills it. At last, he and his wife can finally eat another good meal. The couple’s clothes and wedding rings give away the fact that they were once civilized, but now they live in a forest cave in the middle of the Pyrenees. While John spends his days searching for food, his wife, who suffers from panic attacks, hardly dares to step out of the cave. One day, when he is forced to pick up medicine from a nearby village, John is unable to avoid meeting the helpful farmer André. André man- ages to gain John’s trust and reawaken his longing for civilisation. John refuses, however, to give away the location of his wife’s hideout. But it’s already too late. With an outstanding cast, director Tom Geen has created a razor-sharp phychogram of a traumatised married couple.
international title: | Couple in a Hole |
original title: | Couple in a Hole |
country: | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Tom Geens |
release date: | FR 6/04/2016 |
cast: | Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jérôme Kircher, Corinne Masiero |
cinematography by: | Sam Care |
film editing: | Alain Dessauvage |
art director: | Richard Campling |
costumes designer: | Angela Billows |
producer: | Zorana Piggott |
co-producer: | Dries Phlypo, Aurélie Bordier |
production: | 011 Productions, The Chicken Factory, A Private View, Les Enragés |
distributor: | Verve Pictures, Eurozoom |