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The Sentinel

La Sentinelle

1992
France
feature film - Drama
139 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Emmanuel Salinger (Mathias Barillet); Thibault de Montalembert (Jean-Jacques); Jean-Louis Richard (Bleicher); Valérie Dréville (Nathalie); Marianne Denicourt (Marie Barillet); Jean-Luc Boutté (Varins); Bruno Todeschini (William); Philippe Duclos (Macaigne); Fabrice Desplechin (Simon); Emmanuelle Devos (Claude); Philippe Laudenbach (The Priest); László Szabó (Pamiat, the Russian); Alexis Nitzer (Consul); Nadine Alari (Mme. Barillet); Jean-Pierre Ducos (Customs Officer); Hubert Gillet (Cop on Train); Damien Eupherte (Military); Stéphane Thiébaut (Student); Antoine Coudy; Alain MacMoy (Professor Waelhens); Serge Barbagallo; Louis-Do de Lencquesaing; Anna Miasedova (Tamara); Sophie Van Baren; Vanessa Zambernardi; Marc Oliver Sommer; Jeff Cohen (the pianist); Denise Poray; Laurent Schilling; Mathieu Amalric; Nicolas Lublin; François Malaec; Jean-Pierre Jorris; Réginald Huguenin; Jacques-François Loiseleur des Longchamps; Igor Lewiss-Borg; Renée Amzallag; Philippe Besson; Jerzy Rogulski; Lev Konine; Antoine Dulaure; Sylvie Blotnikas (Nurse); Jeanne Balibar

Direction

Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Assistant director: Bertrand Abadie; Hubert Barbin; Jean-Philippe Stefani; Marie Vermillard

Writing

Screenplay: Arnaud Desplechin; Pascale Ferran; Noémie Lvovsky; Emmanuel Salinger

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Olivier Chambon; Caroline Champetier; Julien Hirsch; Arthur Le Caisne

Assistant camera / focus puller: Patrice Guillou

Lighting design: Olivier Barré

Lighting technician: Claudy Gibier; Bernard Trocellier

Key grip: Gilles Dupont; Bruno Durand; Eric Gallas

Decor

Make-up artist: Bernard Floch; Reiko Kruk

Costume design: Bernadette Beaudet; Agnès Falque; Valérie Pozzo di Borgo

Hairdresser: Franck Berteau; Isabelle Nyssen

Production design: Antoine Platteau

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: François Gédigier

Assistant editor: Stéphanie Araud; Laurence Briaud; Camille Cotte; Caroline Emery; Sylvie Gadmer

Sound editor: Camille Cotte

Sound: Bernard Aubouy; Laurent Poirier

Sound assistant: Michel Casang

Foley artist: François Lepeuple; Laurent Lévy

Audio mixing: Jean-Pierre Laforce

Special effects: Pierre Foury

Stunts: Gilles Demurger

Casting: Marc Bellini; Noémie Lvovsky

Music

Music: Marc Oliver Sommer

Singer: Anna Holroyd

Production

Producer: Nicole Arbib; Pascal Caucheteux; Grégoire Sorlat

Unit production manager: Sylvie Barthet; Martine Cassinelli; Hervé Casteuble; Anne Defurne; Christian Paumier; Clémentine Thomas

Companies

Production company: Why Not Productions; 2001 Audiovisuel; La Sept Cinéma; Films A2

in Co-Operation: Canal+; Investimage 3; Sofiarp; Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)