Stella

A year in the life of a young middle school student in Paris in 1977. Eleven-year-old Stella lives outside Paris in a working-class neighborhood. Her parents run a bar and she attends a prestigious Parisian School, where she meets Gladys, the daughter of two intellectual Argentinean Jewish exiles.Through the songs of that era and the books that Stella discovers at her friend’s house, she slowly enters another dimension – real life.

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Script: Sylvie Verheyde

Cinematography: Nicolas Gaurin

Editing: Christel Dewynter

Sound: Dimitri Haulet, Sylvain Malbrant, Roland Duboue, Olivier Do Huu

Music: NousDeux the band

Actors: Leora Barbara (Stella), Karole Rocher (Stella’s mother), Benjamin Biolay (Stella’s father), Melissa Rodrigues (Gladys), Laetitia Guerard (Genevieve), Guillaume Depardieu (Alain-Bernard)

Production: Les Films du Veyrier

Producers: Bruno Berthemy

Co-production: ARTE France Cinema & WDR/ARTE

Costumes: Gigi Lepage

Sets: Thomas Grezaud

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: France

Production Year: 2008

Duration: 103

Distribution in Greece: RosebudT. +30 210 6786505F. +30 210 6755067fint@odeon.gr

Contact: Films Distribution, FranceT. +33 1 5310 3399www.filmsdistribution.com

Sylvie Verheyde

Having won acclaim for her short films: Entre Chiens et loups (Canal+ Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, 1992) and La Maison verte (Jury Prize in Nancy, 1993), she then wrote and directed her feature film, Brother, which was selected by the 50th Cannes IFF in the section «Cinemas in France». It won the Cyril Collard Prize in 1998 and Emma de Caunes was awarded the Cesar Award for the Most Promising Actress in 1998.