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Le Lac Noir

Synopsis:

In the distant age of fairy tales, Madeleine and Jean live by a mountain lake. They have been a couple ever since Jean took in the young woman, who had lost her memory.

One day, Jean catches a giant fish, and inside its belly, he discovers a sleeping little boy. This marks the beginning of the events that will awaken Madeleine’s long-buried memories.

Directed by
Victor Jaquier
Project Management
Arnaud S. Gantenbein
Scriptwriting
Victor Jaquier
Production Coordination
Pascal Forney
Directors of photography
Pascal Montjovent & Hugo Veludo
Art Direction
Victor Jaquier
1st assistant director
Sonia Rossier
2nd assistant director
Nicolas Christol
Continuity
Marie Chaduc
Continuity assistant
Luna Clerc
1st camera assistant
Nicolas Lastshenko
2nd camera assistant
Juliette Klinke
Chief electrician
Christophe Persoz
Electrician
Ludo Matthey, Thomas Wilski, Cyril Akamba, Claudio Artieda, David Morand
Chief grip
Romain Garrigues
Grip
Jérôme Rainoldi
Steadycam
Thomas Szczepanski
Sound engineer
David Lipka
Sound assistant
Sébastien Tavel
Chief set designer
Léa Glauser
Set designer
Yann Muelheim, Melina Costas
Chief builder
Gabriel Sklenar
Builders
Xavier Hool, Stéphane Belka, Julien Callande
Make Up
Emilie Baudry, Sarah Pariset
Costumière
Caroline Zanetti
Prosthetic special effects
Jérémy B. Caravita
Sculptors
Christophe Pizzetta, Marie-Cécile Baillon, Emilie Baudry, Sarah Pariset, Laeticia Quillery
Unit Production Management
Eric Martin
Unit manager assistant
Jérôme Ricca
Unit manager
Maxime Raymond
Editing
Yann Coquart, Hugo Veludo
Sound design
Jean-Noël Yven
Assistant bruitages
Jean-François Thomelin
Music
Thierry Besançon, Jean-Noël Yven
Musicians
Marc Liardon, Laurent De Ceuninck, Céline Portat, Danila Ivanov, Petya Todorova
Musical recording
Le Studio Mécanique
Sound engineer
Julien Fehlmann
Sound mixing
A Parté Studios Arabesque
Sound engineer
Johann Nallet
Sound stage assistant
Nicolas Mahieu
Matte paintings
Pierre Massine
Visual effects
Freestudios
Compositing
Boris Rabusseau, Jean-Pascal Gaiffas, Vincent Frei
Visual effects
Sapristi Studio
Compositing
Jean Deppierraz, Hervé Spycher
Color grading
Freestudios
Colorist
Boris Rabusseau
DCP
Mikros Image
Making Of
Arnaud Baur, Lisa Skory, Sandy Schmid
Production assistant
Sandy Schmid
Media relations
Céline Epars
Accountant
Sébastien Musy
Co-production
Eaux-Vives Productions
Producers
Cyril Cadars, Xenia Maingot
Co-production
Kidam
Producers
François-Pierre Clavel, Alexandre Perrier
Funding
Office Fédéral de la Culture (OFC), Regio Films, Loterie Romande, Fondation vaudoise pour le cinéma, Canton du Valais, Canton de Vaud, Ville de Lausanne, Ville de Renens
Madeleine
Céline Bolomey
Jean
Adrien de Van
The child
Colin Collet
The Devil
Sébastien Gautier
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