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Escapada

By

Sarah Hirtt

Duration

89 MIN

Language

French, English

Subtitles

English

Country

Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg

Year

2018

What luck! You fell on a DRAMATIC FILM about FAMILY
Diffusion completed

Synopsis

Siblings torn apart by the hazards of life meet in Spain to settle the family’s modest inheritance. Gustave, the mover, on the brink of bankruptcy, Jules the anarchistic activist, and Lou, the youngest, lost between her brothers, yearning for the unknown. Each one has a different outlook on life and their personal projects for this inheritance will reawaken family disagreements and phantoms of the past.

Sarah Hirtt, the director, will be present at the festival.

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Direction

Sarah Hirtt

After obtaining a Degree in Languages and Roman Literature, Sarah Hirtt, carried by her primary passion for cinema, starts learning films making at the INSAS (Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et des techniques de diffusion). She gets her Master with highest honor. Her final school movie En attendant le dégel won 2nd Cinefondation Prize at the 2013 Cannes Festival. In 2014 she directed her second short film Javotte while writing her first feature film Escapada which she directed in 2017.

Music

Le Skeleton Band

Editing

Emilie Morier

Sound mixing

Loïc Collignon

Cinematographer

Jako Raybaut

Screenplay

Sarah Hirtt

Cast

Jesus Altimira
Raphaëlle Corbisier
Andrea Durruti
Maria Leon
Yohan Manca
François Neycken

Original Title

Escapada

French Title

Escapada

English Title

Escapada

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