Switzerland / Aug 06, 2016 / Locarno Film Festival
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Thibault Pinson | Le vétéran au cabaret |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cessez-le-feu |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | Belgium, France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Polaris Film Productions, uMedia, Fontana |
| Release date | 19 aprile 2017 |
| Executive producer | Mat Troi Day, Stéphane Lhoest, Oumar Sall |
| Production | Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Jean-Jacques Neira, Gilles Gramat, Nadia Khamlichi, Dominique Boutonnat, Arnaud Bertrand, Hubert Caillard, Gilles Waterkeyn, Christophe Mazodier |
| Writer | Emmanuel Courcol |
| Casting | Fabienne Bichet |
| Editing | Géraldine Rétif, Guerric Catala |
| Cinematography | Yann Maritaud, Tom Stern |
| Assistant directors | Emmanuel Courcol |
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| Camera operators | Yann Maritaud, Tom Stern |
| Additional photography | Yann Maritaud, Tom Stern |
| Production design | Mathieu Menut |
| Art direction | Mathieu Menut |
| Set decoration | Mathieu Menut |
| Music | Jérôme Lemonnier, Rémi Seznec, Sébastien Ariaux, Florian Fabre, Nils Fauth |
| Sound | Rémi Seznec, Sébastien Ariaux, Jérôme Lemonnier, Florian Fabre, Nils Fauth |
| Costume design | Edith Vesperini, Stéphane Rollot, Frédéric Zaid, Pierre Olivier Persin, Agathe Angeli, Charlotte Lequeux, Frédéric Balmer, Hue Lan Van Duc |
| Makeup | Agathe Angeli, Charlotte Lequeux, Hue Lan Van Duc, Frédéric Zaid, Pierre Olivier Persin, Edith Vesperini, Frédéric Balmer, Stéphane Rollot |
| Hairstyling | Frédéric Zaid, Pierre Olivier Persin, Agathe Angeli, Charlotte Lequeux, Edith Vesperini, Frédéric Balmer, Stéphane Rollot, Hue Lan Van Duc |
Release dates
Premiere
France / Aug 27, 2016 / Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême
Theatrical release
France / Apr 19, 2017
TV
France / Jan 10, 2026 / France•4
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