The Witnesses (2007) - Les témoins

The Witnesses (2007) Country: France Release Year: 2007 Aka: Les témoins Director: André Téchiné Writer: André Téchiné, Laurent Guyot, Viviane Zingg Language: French, English Genre: Drama Runtime: 109 min Cast: Johan Libéreau, Michel Blanc Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila Julie Depardieu, Constance Dollé Studio: UGC Distribution, Strand Releasing Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487273/ Available on:

June 1984 to June 1985, from happy days to war to summer's return. A middle-aged doctor in Paris, Adrien, meets Manu, a young gay man from the provinces who lives with his sister, an opera singer. Adrien likes Manu, loves him even, in a Platonic relationship. Sarah, a writer, and Mehdi, a vice-squad cop, have an infant. Sarah discovers she has no taste for parenthood. Adrien bring Manu to Sarah's country cabin where Mehdi saves Manu from drowning. Back in Paris, an affair begins as a plague descends on Parisian gays. There are tests, illness, anger, relief, separations, and death. A year later, these friends meet again at the summer place. They are witnesses to how happiness has changed.