11th January 2019

The House by the Sea

A film by Robert Guédiguian

2019Also on disc & on demand

Synopsis

By a little bay near Marseilles lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseilles to run the family’s small restaurant. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

Where It's On

Week Commencing 11th January

Cine Lumiere	17 Queensberry Place	London, SW7 2DT	020 7871 3515	all week
ICA Cinema	The Mall	London SW1Y 5AH	020 7930 3647	all week
HOME	2 Tony Wilson Way	Manchester M15 5FN	0161 200 1500	all week
Showroom Cinema	15 Paternoster Row	Sheffield, S1 2BX	0114 275 7727	all week

Week Commencing 18th January

Cine Lumiere

17 Queensberry Place

London SW7 2DT

020 7871 3515

18,29,23,24 Jan

Week Commencing 25th January

Kiln Kilburn	269 Kilburn High Rd	London NW6 7JR	020 7238 1000	25,29.30 Jan
Olympic Barnes	117-123 Church Rd, Barnes	London SW13 9HL	020 8912 5161	25,26,28,31 Jan

Week Commencing 1st February

Exeter Phoenix

Gandy St

Exeter EX4 3LS

01392 667080

2-5 Feb

Trailer

Director — Robert Guédiguian

Robert Guédiguian was born in 1953 and has been making films since the early eighties, often using the same actors, especially the trio of Ariane Ascaride (to whom he is married), Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan, and often set in and aorund Marseilles.

Filmography

2017		THE HOUSE BY THE SEA - Venice, in Competition
2015		DON’T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD - Cannes, Official Selection
2014		ARIANE’S THREAD
2011		THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO - Cannes, Un Certain Regard
2009		ARMY OF CRIME - Cannes, Official Selection
2008		LADY JANE - Berlin, in Competition
2006		ARMENIA - Toronto, Official Selection
2005		THE LAST MITTERRAND - Berlin, in Competition
2004		MY FATHER IS AN ENGINEER - San Sebastian, in Competition
2002		MARIE-JO AND HER TWO LOVERS - Cannes, in Competition
2001		LA VILLE EST TRANQUILLE - Venice, in Competition
2000		A L’ATTAQUE! - Toronto, Official Selection
1998		A LA PLACE DU COEUR - Toronto, San Sebastian, Special
		Prize of the Jury, Best Screenplay, OCIC Award
1997		MARIUS AND JEANNETTE
		César Awards, 7 nominations, Best Actress César – Ariane Ascaride
1995		TILL DEATH DO US PART - Toronto, Official Selection
1993		MONEY BUYS HAPPINESS
1990		GOD THROWS UP THE LUKEWARM
1985		KI LO SA
1984		RED MIDI - Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight
1981		LAST SUMMER - Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight

Cast & Credits

CAST:
Angèle		Ariane Ascaride
Joseph		Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Armand		Gérard Meylan
Martin		Jacques Boudet
Bérangère		Anaïs Demoustier
Benjamin		Robinson Stévenin
Yvan		Yann Tregouët
Suzanne		Geneviève Mnich
Maurice		Fred Ulysse
The Officer		Diouc Koma
CREW :
Director		Robert GUÉDIGUIAN
Screenplay		Robert GUÉDIGUIAN and Serge VALLETTI
Director of Photography		Pierre MILON
Editor		Bernard SASIA
Sound		Laurent LAFRAN
Production design		Michel VANDESTIEN
Line producer		Malek HAMZAOUI
Assistant director		Ferdinand VERHAEGHE
Location manager		Bruno GHARIANI
Costume designer		Anne-Marie GIACALONE
Makeup		Hermia HAMZAOUI
Sound mixing		Armelle MAHÉ
Producers		Robert GUÉDIGUIAN and Marc BORDURE
Production		Agat Films & Cie
In coproduction with		France 3 Cinéma
With the participation of		Canal + France Télévisions Ciné +
In association with		Cinémage 11 Cinéventure 2
107 minutes cert 12A

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The Critics

★★★★ "A treat for fans of French art house movies"
Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent

★★★★ "Perfectly balanced. Always compassionate.'

Kevin Mahler, The Times

★★★★"Pierre Milon's shimmering cinematography ensures that the Calanque de Méjean provides an atmospheric setting for the musings on tradition, memory, depopulation, class and defying age, with the final sequence beneath the echoing arches of the railway viaduct being indescribably beautiful."

David Parkinson, Empire

★★★★"The House by the Sea is certainly one to be visited not only for its stunning scenery and careful, sensitive and honest acting and direction but because it manages to address key controversial issues about immigration without ever preaching too overtly."

Jonathan Marshall, The Upcoming

★★★★"A father’s legacy is minutely dissected in this stirring tale of regret, nostalgia and the true meaning of community spirit."

Victor Fraga, DMovies

"The House by the Sea is an immensely intelligent and absorbing drama about the ties which bind families together."

Rob Aldam, Backseat Mafia

★★★★ ‘Ariane Ascaride is outstanding’

Chris Schilling, Total Film

Links

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Bookings & Press

For film bookings please contact Colin Burch at Verve Pictures — [email protected]. Press resources are on the Press page.