Short synopsis : A taciturn caretaker (Gustave Kervern) and an anxiety-stricken resident (Catherine Deneuve) form an awkward, touching friendship that might just save them from madness.

Long synopsis : 40-year-old musician Antoine suddenly decides to end his career. After several days’ aimless wandering, he is hired as the caretaker of an old residential building in Paris. Mathilde is a recently retired resident, generous-spirited and deeply involved with the management company of the building. After she discovers a crack in her living room wall, her worry gradually turns to panic - what if the building were to collapse? Slowly, Antoine develops a fondness for this woman he is afraid will slip into madness. Through a confusion of misfires and anxiety, the two develop an awkward friendship, funny yet solid, which might just get them through this difficult patch...

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine, Pio Marmaï, Michèle Moretti, Nicolas Bouchaud

Crew

• Producer(s): Philippe Martin
• Director(s): Pierre Salvadori
• Screenplay: Pierre Salvadori, David Léotard, Benoît Graffin
• DP: Gilles Henry
• Editing: Isabelle Devinck
• Original Music: Grégoire HETZEL, Stephin Merritt
• Set Design: Michel Barthélémy

• Original Title: DANS LA COUR
• Genre(s): Comedy, Drama


• Production company: FILMS PELLEAS (LES), FILMS PELLEAS (LES)
• Production date: 2013
• Language: French
• Duration: 97 min
• Image Ratio: 0.00
• Sound Info: Dolby SR / SRD

• Berlinale 2014 - Gala Screening
  
• Istanbul Film Festival 2014
  
• COLCOA 2014
  
• Espoo Ciné International Film Festival 2014
  
• Mumbai Film Festival 2014
  
• CINEMANIA French Film Festival 2014
  
• French Film Festival UK 2014