A Thousand Pieces

2018 French film

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14) (Global Motion Picture Awards)
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) (France)

Running time

82 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$58.000^[1]

A Thousand Pieces (French: En mille morceaux) is a 2018 French drama directed by Véronique Mériadec.^[2]

Plot

In 1977, Éric Gaubert murders Olivier, the child of Nicole Parmentier. Twenty-five years later, this broken-hearted mother makes an appointment with the murderer of her son, who has just been released from prison. What is the purpose of this meeting? A simple revenge or the desire to understand what pushed this man to commit the irreparable?

Cast

Clémentine Célarié : Nicole Parmentier
Serge Riaboukine : Eric Gaubert
- Juan-Carlos Ruiz : Young Eric Gaubert
Baptiste Marchais : Olivier
Lily Meriadec : The little girl

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2018 Cyprus International Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Véronique Mériadec	Won
	Best Director	Véronique Mériadec	Won
	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Serge Riaboukine	Won
	Best Screenplay	Véronique Mériadec & Gérald Massé	Won
	Best Editing	Diane Logan & Roxane Foare	Won

Production

Principal photography on the film began in December 2016 in Dreux and lasted only two weeks.^[3]^[4]

References

^ France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (24 December 2016). "tournage du film "En Mille Morceaux"" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "En mille morceaux".
^ "Clémentine Célarié et Serge Riaboukine tournent "En mille morceaux" grâce à la solidarité des internautes". 27 December 2016.
^ ""En Mille Morceaux", un tournage "maison" à Dreux".