“Life is just a decision: ignore the void and hang tight.”
Standing on the edge of a rooftop, Gregory ponders the
precariousness of life. He is 20 and feels like a stranger to himself.
He wonders how he can live without dreams or desires. One day,
he sees Liv, another college sophomore, and falls secretly and
utterly in love with her. When he finally dares to declare his love,
he finds himself up against a wall. Liv does not know him.
Twenty-year-old Liv loses her virginity to Ilia, an older Russian
army deserter. She experiences her first love and treasures every
minute. But all too soon, Ilia’s past creeps back into his life and
unravels their union. One day, he leaves her without a word. She
will have to live with the same intolerable loneliness that she
unwittingly inflicted on Gregory.
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NICOLE PALO,
Born in 1977 in the United States, Nicole is Belgian and American. After graduating from the University of Brussels with majors in Journalism and Scriptwriting, she studied in Denmark at the European Film College, where she directed several short films. She worked three years for the MEDIA Program of the European Union, while pursuing scriptwriting on the side.
In 2005, she directed the short film Anna Doesn’t Know (Anna ne sait pas), shot on Super-16mm. She followed that with a stint at Michel de Wouters Productions, in charge of development on documentary projects.
In 2008, she won the micro-budget feature film contest organized by Cinéastes Associés and supported by ARTE and the Belgian French-speaking Community. She directed Get Born from the script she wrote on the theme “Being 20”.
Filmography
2008
Get Born, fiction, 72 min, HDV, Cinéastes Associés – ARTE – RTBF, Belgium, 2008
International French-speaking Film Festival, Namur - 2008
2006
Anna ne sait pas, fiction, 12 min, 35 mm, mdw productions – Nicole Palo, Belgium, 2006
Festival international du film d’Amiens – 2006
ShortCuts Cologne – 2006
Silence Saturn – 2006
Psarokokalo Film Festival (GR) – 2008
Broadcast : RTBF (Belgium), France 3 (France), Mediaset (Italy)
PIERRE LOGNAY
FLEUR LISE HEUET
ERIC CASTEX
FABRICE MURGIA
Ecrit et réalisé par
NICOLE PALO
Produit par
JOHN ENGEL
Image
SERGE HANNECART
Montage
FREDERIQUE BROOS
Musique originale
GREG REMY et DAN KLEIN
Décors
LAURA COUDERC
Costumes
GAELLE FIERENS
Producteurs associés
CARINE BRATZLAVSKY (ARTE Belgique)
BARBARA HÄBE (ARTE)
ARLETTE ZYLBERBERG (RTBF)
Production exécutive
LEFT FIELD VENTURES
Une production CINEASTES ASSOCIES
En coproduction avec ARTE G.E.I.E.
et en collaboration avec la RTBF (télévision belge)
Avec l’aide du Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française Wallonie- Bruxelles et de la Loterie Nationale
GET BORN
TECH DETAILS
Director: Nicole Palo
Writer: Nicole Palo
Producer: John Engel
Production company: Cinéastes Associés
Executive Production Company: Left Field Ventures
Cast: Pierre Lognay, Fleur Lise Heuet, Eric Castex, Fabrice Murgia
Year: 2008
Nationality: Belgium
Running Time: 72 minutes
Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio 1:1.85
Original language: French
Subtitles: English
Exploitation Benelux
Sortie DVD Benelux : 2011 (Imagine Films)
Release Dates
Benelux DVD : 2011 (Imagine Films)
FESTIVALS :
Namur French-speaking International Film Festival, 2008
Cork Film Festival, 2009
Omaha Film Festival, 2009
réalisé avec le soutien de Bruxelles Invest & Export