Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (1996)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Didier Le Pêcheur

Writers:

Didier Le Pêcheur (novel)
Didier Le Pêcheur (screenplay)
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Release Date:

12 June 1996 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Dieu existe... Helas, ils l'ont rencontre

Plot:

When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Marie Trintignant	...	Evangile
Maria de Medeiros	...	Karenine
Christian Charmetant	...	Nord
Jean Yanne	...	Dieu
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Jivago
Isabelle Candelier	...	Edwarda
Artus de Penguern	...	Salambo
Dany Brillant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laure Adler
Yves Barsacq	...	(voice)
Bernard Bloch
Stéphane Ferrens
Filipe Ferrer
Philippe Gautier
Mathieu Kassovitz
Patrick Ligardes
Paulo Matos
Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Vincent Pambaguian
José António Pires
Serge Riaboukine	...	Ferdydurke
Carmen Santos
Victor Santos
Shula Siegfried
Florence Thomassin
José Wallenstein

Directed by
Didier Le Pêcheur

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Artus de Penguern		writer
Didier Le Pêcheur		novel
Didier Le Pêcheur		screenplay

Produced by
Robert Boner	....	executive producer
Fabrice Coat	....	producer
Sylvaine Landon	....	executive producer
Joaquim Pinto	....	executive producer
Michelle Plaa	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Louis Négro

Cinematography by
Gérard Simon

Film Editing by
Sylvie Landra

Casting by
Margarida Roberto
Shula Siegfried
Patrícia Vasconcelos

Art Direction by
Jean-Jacques Gernolle
Franck Schwarz

Set Decoration by
Jean-Jacques Gernolle

Costume Design by
Brigitte Calvet
Marie Calvet

Makeup Department
Fiona Clegg	....	assistant hair stylist
Sano De Perpessac	....	hair stylist
Esme Sciaroni	....	makeup artist (as Esmée Sciaroni)

Production Management
José Pedro Benaro	....	production manager
Charlotte Meunier	....	post-production supervisor
Michelle Plaa	....	production manager
Framboise Thourary	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Brutschi	....	second assistant director
Christophe Douchand	....	first assistant director
Carlos Gonçalves	....	second assistant director (as Carlos Goncalves)
Francisco Quintela	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fernando Areal	....	property master
Nuño Bravo	....	painter
Luis Filipe Carmo	....	construction supervisor
Jean-Baptiste Gallou	....	painter
Fabienne Guillot	....	prop buyer
Christophe Inizan	....	construction coordinator
Joao Pedro Mamede	....	assistant art director
Miguel Mendes	....	assistant art director
Nicolas Peres	....	construction manager
Catherine Werner-Schmidt	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Pierre-Alain Besse	....	assistant sound editor
Emmanuelle Lalande	....	sound editor
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Pedro Melo	....	boom operator
François Musy	....	sound
Elisabeth Paquotte	....	assistant sound editor
Vasco Pimentel	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Philippe Alleton	....	special effects
Eric Knopp	....	special effects (as Erick Knopp)

Stunts
Jean-Louis Airola	....	stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Linda Guegan	....	stunts
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunts
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Paulo Aires	....	video assist operator
Jérôme Billa	....	second assistant camera
Richard Boutin	....	still photographer
Hervé Dabady	....	second assistant camera
Cendrine Dedise	....	first assistant camera
Octávio Espírito Santo	....	first assistant camera
Michel Figuet	....	still photographer
Jean-Pierre Hervé	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Marc Koninckx	....	Steadicam operator
Francesca Mantovani	....	still photographer
Didier Morel	....	second assistant camera
João Natividade	....	second assistant camera
David Nissen	....	video assist operator
Hugues Ryffel	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator
Thomas Wollenberger	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Yann Hervé	....	assistant editor
Colette Kassabian	....	negative cutter
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer
Raphaëlle Urtin	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sandra Benhamou	....	production secretary
Valérie Chorenslup	....	script supervisor
Paula Fortunato	....	production secretary
Margarida Sousa	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Ciné Manufacture
• GER
• M6 Films
• Program 33

Also Known As:

News from the Good Lord (UK)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Only movie I've felt the NEED to see again, and again...

This movie is, by far, one of the most intelligent flicks I've seen in my life. Funny, ironic, twisted and never-ever predictable, it has absolutely nothing to do with the gibberish Hollywood piles on nowadays. I cannot understand why this movie hasn't had a bigger success. And please, don't judge this movie by its cover: the one we have here in Montreal isn't the best marketing tool... it depicts a very large hand, coming out of a cloud, flipping the bird to a few people in a field, far below.... Whose bad idea was that?... Anyway. Great movie, great actors, fantastic story line. Go rent it. Better yet: buy it. It's that good. People should learn French just to enjoy this movie. Cheers!