Where Life Begins

Category: Drama
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 2022-06-16
Run time: 99 minute / 1:39
Director: Stéphane Freiss
Production Companies : Vision Distribution, Babe Films, Indiana Production, Apulia Film Commission
Production Countries: France, Italy

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Isabella Angelini Production Design

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Aline Hervé Editor

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Stéphane Freiss Writer
Caroline Deruas Writer

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Florence Emir Costumer

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Laure Deschenes Writer
Audrey Gordon Writer

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Giovanni Mirabassi Original Music Composer

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Michele Paradisi Director of Photography

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Marco Cohen Producer
Fabio Conversi Producer

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Stéphane Freiss Director

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Fabrizio Donvito Producer
Benedetto Habib Producer
Daniel Campos Pavoncelli Producer

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Arianna Lumare Makeup Artist

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Gianluca Chiossi Foley Artist

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Nicola Pertino "A" Camera Operator

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Paolo Tarantini Post Production Assistant

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Maximilien Gobiet Sound Recordist

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Lucia Onofri "B" Camera Operator

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Nicola Saponaro Gaffer

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Florian Delhormeau Casting

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Leopoldo Pescatore First Assistant Director

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Pierluigi Contestabile Electrician

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Maria Santoro Second Assistant Camera

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Francesco Lopez Line Producer

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Pasquale Vitillo Visual Effects Producer

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Milo Cadau Grip
Antonio Spada Grip

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Nathalie Chéron Casting Director

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Gaia Bussolati Visual Effects Supervisor
Vladimir Janković Digital Compositor

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Elisa Michela Storto Visual Effects Editor

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Alessandro Lattanzi Third Assistant Director

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Giuseppe Fanelli Grip

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Riccardo Gruppuso Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michelangelo Marchese Boom Operator

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Marco Ranieri Digital Imaging Technician

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Armando Pizzuti Casting

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Francesco Piccoli Digital Compositor

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Antonio Chionna Electrician

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Ciro Manfellotto Props

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Mario Cadau Key Grip
Diego Silvestri Second Assistant Camera

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Luigi Conte Set Decoration

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Luca Pescatore Third Assistant Director

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Florian Cornet ADR Supervisor

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Dario Di Mella Camera Operator

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Fabio Pagotto Music Editor
Simone Chiossi Sound Effects
Fabio Pagotto Dialogue Editor

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Libera Balzamo Video Assist Operator

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Simone Palma Electrician

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Shervin Zinouzi Additional Editor

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