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La belle année

2026 / World Premiere: The Tiger Competition, IFFR / Format: Documentary / 95 min

Winner of Tiger Special Jury Award, IFFR.

While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls a fierce and solitary love she had for her history teacher, Miss S. As her list of duties never seems to diminish, an intense desire grows in Angelica: to meet her again.

Countries of production: Sweden, Norway
Languages: Swedish, French
Available lengths: 95 min
Writers and directors: Angelica Ruffier (Screenwriter and director)
Producer: Marta Dauliūtė, Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir
Co-produced with: Turid Rogne, Elisabeth Kleppe / Aldeles, Rafael Souza, Ann-Marie Söhrman Fermelin / Film Stockholm, Katja Härkönen / Filmpool Nord
Executive producers: Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall & Elin Lilleman Eriksson
Photographers: Simon Averin Markström (Director of Photography)
Additional photo: Gustav Ågerstrand, Boris Krommendijk, Liesbet de Loof, Angelica Ruffier, Anna-Lena Holmqvist
Editor: Anna Eborn
Composer: Leo Svensson Sander
Sound design: Thomas Angell Endresen (Sound designer and mix)
Sound technicians: Astrid Ahlbom Andersson, Anna Eborn, Olga Ruin
Colorist: Tormod Hauge
Graphics: Lukas Möllersten, Angelica Ruffier (Graphic design)

With support from: Swedish Film Institute / Anna Weitz, Norwegian Film Institute / Charlotte Røhder Tvedt, Vestnorsk Filmsenter / Klara Nilsson Grunning, Swedish Arts Grants Committee

Pitched at: Nordic Talent, Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Cannes Docs.

Sales/screening enquiries: Martina Droandi, Odd Slice Films

© Simon Averin Markström, Gustav Ågerstrand

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