Reparer les Vivants (Heal the Living)
Curzon Film World
Distribution: Selective scheme
England
2017
Total project grant (euros)
45,700
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
MEDIA
Funding scheme
Distribution: Selective scheme
Call number
19/2016
Call publication date
21 Sep 2016
Application deadline
1 Dec 2016
Result publication date
6 Apr 2017
UK release date
12 May 2017
Reparer les Vivants (Heal the Living) is a 2016 French-Belgian ensemble drama directed by the celebrated French director Katell Quillévér, scored by the Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat and based on the Wellcome Prize-winning novel by Maylis de Kerangal.
Simon is living the life of a typical teenage boy – surfing, cycling and chatting up girls – until a tragic accident leaves him stretched out on a hospital bed, technically alive, but brain dead. While the news means agony for his family, it brings bittersweet hope for Claire, a woman on the waiting list for a desperately needed heart transplant. With time running out, Simon’s parents are forced to make a painful decision with consequences that will ripple out and touch the lives of people they will never meet.
Featuring top French actors including Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner and Anne Dorval, 'Heal the Living' is a moving meditation on loss, hope and the infinite ties that connect us. Executed with poise, precision and understated originality, it cements Quillévéré’s place among France’s most exciting young filmmaking talent.
The film was presented in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
Louisa Dent, Managing Director of Curzon Artificial Eye, said:
"Creative Europe support makes a significant contribution to Curzon's ability to champion European film. It not only helps us take acquisition risks and mount ambitious releases of non-national European films, but also encourages collaboration with European partners such as sales agents and filmmakers."
Look at our 2017 Results report for a comprehensive overview of Creative Europe's support to the distribution of European films in the UK in 2017.





