Daguerrotype
a KIYOSHI KUROSAWA picture
Synopsis
Jean (Tahar Rahim), a young Parisian with few skills and even fewer prospects, seems an unlikely candidate for assistant to famed photographer Stéphane (Olivier Gourmet), an obsessive perfectionist living in isolation since his wife’s unexpected death. Yet he soon finds himself in his new employer’s vast, decaying mansion, helping to create life-sized daguerreotypes so vivid they seem almost to contain some portion of their subjects’ souls.
Their model is most often Stéphane’s daughter and muse, Marie (Constance Rousseau), and as she and Jean fall in love they realize they must hatch a plot to leave Stéphane’s haunted world forever. But is there something malevolent within the massive daguerreotypes that will prevent their escape? From acclaimed Japanese master Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse), comes Daguerreotype, a classic ghost story bent through the lens of one of the most singular horror visionaries at work today.
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Press
"Magical. So touching. Fine performances. So well directed and surprising!"
VANITY FAIR
"Beautifully made, impeccably controlled… audiences will remain hooked."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"A deliciously measured dish on madness and obsession."
IONCINEMA
"Tahar is always great."
LAWEEKLY
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& Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Montreal New Cinema International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Geneve Tous Ecrans
Turin Film Festival
Macau Film Festival
Palm Springs Film Festival
Festival Cine UC
Goteborg International Film Festival
Vancouver RV Cinema Quebecois and Francophone
Australian French Film Festival
Minneapolis Saint Paul
BAFICI
Winnipeg Film Festival
Vilnius Film Festival
Capri Film Festival
Barcelona Auteur Film Festival
Madrid Imagine India
Frankfurt Nippon Connection
Hong Kong International Film Festival
NY Japan Cuts
Cast & Crew
| Tahar Rahim | |
|---|---|
| Constance Rousseau | |
| Olivier Gourmet | |
| Mathieu Amalric | |
| Malik Zidi | |
| Valérie Sibilia | |
| Jacques Collard | |
| Fabrice Adde | |
| Thomas Coumans |
| Director | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
|---|---|
| Producers | Michiko Yoshitake (Film-In-Evolution) |
| Jérôme Dopffer (Productions Balthazar) | |
| Co-producers | Rémi Burah & Olivier Père (Arte) |
| Jean-Yves Roubin (Frakas) | |
| Yûji Sadai (Bitters End) | |
| Line producer | Elise Voitey |
| Cinematography | Alexis Kavyrchine |
| Editor | Véronique Lange |
| Sound | Erwan Kerzanet |
| Production Design | Pascale Consigny, Sébastien Danos |
| Set Decoration | Gérard Marcireau |
| Costume Design | Elisabeth Mehu |
| Music | Grégoire Hetzel |
| Casting | Antoinette Boulat |
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