Plein Sud - On the way south

Movie
German title	Plein Sud - On the way south
Original title	Plein sud
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	2009
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Sébastien Lifshitz
script	Stéphane Bouquet Vincent Poymiro Sébastien Lifshitz
production	Alexandra Henochsberg Judith Nora
music	Marie Modiano John Parish Jocelyn Pook
camera	Claire Mathon
cut	Stéphanie Mahet
occupation
Yannick Renier : Sam Léa Seydoux : Léa Nicole Garcia : mother Théo Frilet : Mathieu Pierre Perrier : Jérémie Micheline Presle : grandmother Gérard Watkins : Father Marie Matheron : adoptive mother Luis Hostalot : Pablo Ludo Harley : Sam as a child Samuel Vittoz : Alex Quentin Gonzalez : Alex as a child Romain Scheiner : Sam as a teenager Anne Duverneuil : Lucie Camille Dupuy : Gaspard

Plein Sud is a French relationship drama directed by Sébastien Lifshitz from 2009.

action

The silent Sam is on his way south through France. His destination is Spain . On the way he takes the siblings Léa and Mathieu with him. Léa is pregnant and wants to have her child aborted on the way, but is not yet sure of her decision. Jérémie joins them at a stop. Léa and Jérémie get closer during the ride, while Mathieu shows interest in Sam. This does not make it easier for him with his silent manner. The first break occurs when Mathieu finds a pistol in Sam's case. Sam is furious and hides the gun, which is none of Mathieu's and the others' business.

The group stays overnight as it turns out. They make a campfire at an abandoned building and Jérémie asks Mathieu about his homosexuality . At some point Mathieu leaves, exasperated; Sam follows him and they both kiss for the first time. The journey continues to Sam's brother Alex, who now lives with a friend. Both brothers share the same traumatic experience: their father once took his own life during an argument with his mother. Sam saw the father shoot himself. The mother went mad as a result, and Sam and Alex grew up with different foster families. Now Sam brings Alex the weapon that his father once used. Alex rejects the gift. Some time later, the travelers stop and Léa plays with Sam's weapon for fun. He is furious and accuses Mathieu of having told the others about the existence of the pistol. He beats up Mathieu, even if Léa claims to have found the weapon herself. During a rest, Sam later does not apologize for his behavior. The group separates the next day and Sam drives on alone.

Some time later everyone meets on the beach on the south coast of France. Sam and Mathieu sleep together in the sand in the evening and Sam tells Mathieu the story of his father and his own childhood the next day. The next morning he travels on alone. He drives to Spain, where he visits his mother. He has the gun with him and is about to commit a crime, but changes his mind when suddenly his mother's new boyfriend appears. After a period of chilled talk and finally silence, Sam leaves. At the seaside, he throws the gun into the water, strips and begins to swim out.

production

The road movie Plein Sud - On the way south was filmed in the regions of Haute-Normandie and Aquitaine . The plot has twelve chapters, with one chapter covering a station on Sam's path. Elisabeth Mehu created the costumes .

The film opened in French cinemas on December 30, 2009. In Germany, the film was shown for the first time on February 14, 2010 as part of the Panorama series of the Berlinale . It was released in German cinemas on December 16, 2010 and was released on DVD in January 2011.

Web links

• Plein Sud - On the way to the south in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Une origine littéraire? allocine.fr.