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An Air So Pure (1997) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 3, 1997

Original Title:
Un air si pur...

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Canal+ Polska
France 2 Cinéma
Heritage Films
Komitet Kinematografii
Les Films Alain Sarde
Les Films de l'Etang

Production Countries:
Belgium | France | Poland

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 107

Overview from TheMovieDB

In the midst of WW I, a doctor and a lawyer team up to turn a ramshackle old mountain chateau into a sanatorium/health spa that caters to the afflicted from most every stratum of European society, most of whom show up with false hope in their hearts and plenty of equally false identities. Even the proprietors have a few deceptions, chief among them is the part of the resort where they provide shelter for dying and horribly maimed soldiers. Still the atmosphere of this high-class convalescent home is that of great gentility that thinly disguises the seaminess of the guests' secret activities. Though much of the film is a quirky comedy, tragedy comes creeping in when people begin dying of unnatural causes, and not even the pure mountain air can save the owners and the residents.

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Production

Art Direction:
Laurent Piron

Casting:
Magdalena Szwarcbart

Costume Design:
Mic Cheminal
Dorota Roqueplo
Małgorzata Stefaniak

Director:
Yves Angelo

Director of Photography:
Edward Kłosiński
Denis Lenoir

Editor:
Thierry Derocles

Executive Producer:
Jacek Fuksiewicz
Christine Gozlan

Foley Artist:
Jérôme Lévy

Makeup Artist:
Kaatje Van Damme
Maria Dziewulska

Original Music Composer:
Joanna Bruzdowicz

Producer:
Lew Rywin
Pascal Judelewicz
Alain Sarde
Anne-Dominique Toussaint

Production Design:
Grzegorz Piątkowski
Jean-Baptiste Poirot

Set Decoration:
Ewa Braun
Ryszard Melliwa

Sound:
François Groult

Writer:
Yves Angelo

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