The Other Half

Rolando Colla - 2007

Feature-length fiction

synopsis

Hamid, a 40-year-old man living in Brussels, works as a courier for an illegal banking network. Originally from Algeria, he lives in perpetual conflict with the world and with himself. One day, he receives a call from Louis, his younger brother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty-five years. Louis, who grew up in Switzerland, claims that their mother, who has been out of touch for years, is in hospital and wants to see him again. Suspicious and convinced that the police are setting a trap, Hamid ends up joining the brother he barely knows.

data sheet

A Peacock Film (Switzerland), Saga Film (Belgium) and Elefant Films (Switzerland) coproduction. In coproduction with TSI and Giulia Fretta / Patrizia Pesko. With the support of the Office fédéral de la Culture, the Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel, the Communauté française de Belgique and Walloon television distributors, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Fonds culturel de Suissimage, Mesures compensatoires Media, the City of Geneva (DAC), Fonds REGIO Films, Loterie Romande and Succès Passage antenne.

Directed by Rolando Colla

Cast: Nada Dieu, Abel Jafri, Kader Boukhanef, Martine Godart, Roberto Bestazzoni, Jaoued Deggouj, Abdelmalek Kadi

Music: Bernd Schurer

Co-producer(s) : Hubert Toint, Alexandre Iordachescu

Production manager(s) : Xavier Grin, Jacqueline Louis (Belgium)

Executive producer(s) : Xavier Grin

Line producer(s) : Elena Pedrazzoli (Belgium)

Director of photography: Peter Indergand

1 AD: Bernard Garant

Casting: Jacques Dublin (France), Gérard Moulevrier (France), Gerda Diddens (Belgium), Martine Demierre (Switzerland)

Costumes : Florence Scholtès

Make-up: Emmanuelle Velghe-Lenelle

Image editing: Denise Vindevogel

Sound editing: Jürg Lempen

Sound mixing: Sébastien Ariaux

Calibration: Jürgen Kupka

Distribution: Cinéma Public Films

DISTINCTION(S)

Awards

27th Amiens International Film Festival, France: Best Actor Award for Kader Boukhanef and Abel Jafri

Gotham Screen Film Fest 2008, USA: Best Film Award

Nominations / Selections

31st World Film Festival, Montreal

7th Panafricana Film Festival, Italy,

Corto Imola Festival, Italy

24th Festival Int. du Film d'Amour de Mons, Belgium

14th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver, Canada

New Port Beach Film Festival, California, USA

Shanghai Int. Film Festival, China

14th Rabat International Auteur Film Festival, Morocco

Filmfest München, Germany

Paysages de Cinéastes" Festival, France

"Incontri Cinematografici Italo-Svizzeri", Stresa, Italy

61st Locarno Festival, Switzerland

24th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland

25th Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany

32nd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt

9th Montreal Arab World Festival, Canada