Film

Adieu

2004 · 2h 3m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

7.2

Under threat in Algeria, Ismahel emigrates to France where he wants to live and work, with the hope that the people he's fleeing from will forget him the time he is away. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he tells his own story in the guise of the biblical tale of Jonas and the Whale. Somewhere in France, an elderly farmer has just lost his young son. His three other children help him as much as they can to get through the trial of the funeral, but the ceremony is halted when the old man falls ill. The two stories unfold parallel to each other and are alternated.

Olivier Gourmet

François

Michael Lonsdale

Serge

Laurent Lucas

Chrétien

Axel Bogousslavsky

Paul

Thierry Bosc

Le prêtre

Aurore Clément

Dora

• Arnaud des PallièresDirector · Writer · Editor
• Serge LalouProducer
• Marie GuiraudenExecutive Producer
• Julien HirschDirector of Photography
• Thierry MachuelOriginal Music Composer
• Martin WheelerOriginal Music Composer
• Maya SerrullaCasting

Release date

September 8, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 3m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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