Where Life Begins
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Where Life Begins

An ultra-orthodox Jewish family from Aix-les-Bains comes to a farm in southern Italy for a brief stay every year to carry out a sacred mission: harvesting citrons. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired of the constraints imposed by her religion. Through this relationship, Esther will understand the importance of freedom and find her path, and, in the same way, Elio will find the peace he had lost for a long time.

Cast

Crew

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Writer

Audrey Gordon

Audrey Gordon

Writer

Caroline Deruas

Writer

Laure Deschenes

Writer

Michele Paradisi

Director of Photography

Aline Hervé

Editor

Isabella Angelini

Production Design

Florence Emir

Costumer

Giovanni Mirabassi

Original Music Composer

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Director

Fabio Conversi

Producer

Marco Cohen

Producer

Fabrizio Donvito

Fabrizio Donvito

Producer

Benedetto Habib

Producer

Daniel Campos Pavoncelli

Producer

Francesco Lopez

Line Producer

Nathalie Chéron

Nathalie Chéron

Casting Director

Armando Pizzuti

Armando Pizzuti

Casting

Luigi Conte

Set Decoration

Arianna Lumare

Makeup Artist

Alessandro Lattanzi

Third Assistant Director

Leopoldo Pescatore

First Assistant Director

Luca Pescatore

Third Assistant Director

Ciro Manfellotto

Props

Gianluca Chiossi

Foley Artist

Simone Chiossi

Sound Effects

Florian Cornet

ADR Supervisor

Maximilien Gobiet

Sound Recordist

Riccardo Gruppuso

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michelangelo Marchese

Boom Operator

Fabio Pagotto

Dialogue Editor

Cesare Seclì

Boom Operator

Gaia Bussolati

Visual Effects Supervisor

Vladimir Jankovic

Digital Compositor

Francesco Piccoli

Digital Compositor

Elisa Michela Storto

Visual Effects Editor

Ivan Tozzi

Digital Colorist

Pasquale Vitillo

Visual Effects Producer

Libera Balzamo

Video Assist Operator

Mario Cadau

Key Grip

Milo Cadau

Grip

Antonio Chionna

Electrician

Pierluigi Contestabile

Electrician

Dario Di Mella

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Fanelli

Grip

Lucia Onofri

"B" Camera Operator

Nicola Pertino

"A" Camera Operator

Simone Palma

Electrician

Marco Ranieri

Digital Imaging Technician

Maria Santoro

Second Assistant Camera

Nicola Saponaro

Gaffer

Diego Silvestri

Second Assistant Camera

Antonio Spada

Grip

Mirco Tenerelli

Electrician

Florian Delhormeau

Casting

Fabio Pagotto

Music Editor

Paolo Tarantini

Post Production Assistant

Shervin Zinouzi

Additional Editor