Le rêve de Gabriel

Gabriel's dream

Anne Lévy-Morelle, Belgium, 1997, 35 mm, Format diffusion : 1.37 (35 mm), 52 & 83 minutes

In 1948, four large and wealthy Belgian families sell all their possessions and board big ships headed for far-flung Chilean Patagonia in the opposite hemisphere… embarking on a journey from wich they intend never to return.

Gabriel de Halleux is one of the patriarchs of the adventure. At the time, he's nearly 50, with 9 children.
One after another, Gabriel's companions abandon the futureless, wind-swept, god-forsaken hole.
As for Gabriel, he remains here, with his sister, his wife, and his oldest daughter, up until his death in 1988.

This jam-packed saga tells the story of the road… the road taken by these explorers fron the land of living ; the road that led Gabriel not only to Patagonia, but farther still: to himself.

• Directed by: Anne Lévy-Morelle
• Screenplay: Anne Lévy-Morelle
• Photography: Anne Levy-Morelle
• Sound: Rémon Fromont, SBC
• Image editing: Jean-Jacques Quinet
• Sound editing: Emmanuelle Dupuis, Gervaise Demeure
• Mixing: Studio 5/5 cineberti
• Languages: FR
• Subtitles: EN
• Available formats: Beta Digital, Digital, DVD
• Production: Saga Film, Gaïa Films, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Kladaradatsch!, Centre Bruxellois de l'Audiovisuel, Cinemaker Oy
• Coproduction: Avec l'aide du Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Commnuauté française de Belgique, du Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe et du plan d'action 16/9 de la Communauté européenne.
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