A Distant Neighborhood

A Distant Neighborhood

A Distant Neighborhood

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A Distant Neighborhood

2010

1h 38m

7.1(56 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Comedy

Overview

Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to understand the reasons for his father’s mysterious departure. Can you change the past by living it again?

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Production Companies

Entre Chien et Loup

Samsa Film

Pallas Film

RTBF

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Wild Bunch

Film Fund Luxembourg

Eurimages

Canal+

CinéCinéma

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

CNC

Angoa-Agicoa

Casa Kafka Pictures

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

PROCIREP

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Léo Legrand

Léo Legrand

Thomas Verniaz, adolescant

Pascal Greggory

Pascal Greggory

Thomas Verniaz, adulte

Jonathan Zaccaï

Jonathan Zaccaï

Bruno Verniaz

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Anna Verniaz née Zorn

Evelyne Didi

Evelyne Didi

Mémé Yvette

Sophie Duez

Sophie Duez

Catherine

Lionel Abelanski

Lionel Abelanski

Godin adulte

Tania Garbarski

Tania Garbarski

Nelly

Laura Martin

Sylvie

Laura Moisson

Laura Moisson

Corinne

Creative team

Directed by: Sam Garbarski
Written by: Jérôme Tonnerre
Philippe Blasband
Produced by: Karl Baumgartner
Diana Elbaum

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