A Saturday on Earth

A Saturday on Earth

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 28, 1996

A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are brought together by a series of coincidences. A tragic car crash is central to the story, but seemingly unimportant events can hold great significance. Through a montage of different film stock and techniques director Diane Bertrand creates pieces of a puzzle, from which the viewer has to piece together a story. That's the premise of the film, and it is solvable. You just have to work a bit...

A Saturday on Earth

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 28, 1996

A Saturday on Earth
A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are brought together by a series of coincidences. A tragic car crash is central to the story, but seemingly unimportant events can hold great significance. Through a montage of different film stock and techniques director Diane Bertrand creates pieces of a puzzle, from which the viewer has to piece together a story. That's the premise of the film, and it is solvable. You just have to work a bit...
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Studio Images 2, Cofimage 7, Lumière, La Sept Cinéma, MP Productions, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Ima Films
Original title Un samedi sur la terre
Directors Brigitte Schmouker, Agnès Petit, Pierre Sénélas, Diane Bertrand
Writers Diane Bertrand, Guillaume Laurant

Cast

Elsa Zylberstein

as Claire

Éric Caravaca

as Martin

Johan Leysen

as Franck

Kent

as Arnaud

Dominique Pinon

as Le brigadier Morel

Silvie Laguna

as Agathe Morel

Agathe Dronne

as Cathy

Sandrine Cukierman

as Chanteuse

Julian Paget

as L'enfant au vélo

Victor Garrivier

as Marcellin

Louise Vincent

as Yvonne

César Chiffre

as Mathieu

Christine Letailleur

as Marylène

Hadrien Bertrand

as Le garçon au chien sur la plage

Anne Fassio

as Corinne Chardonnet

Serpentine Teyssier

as L'amie de Corinne

Olivier Claverie

as Jean Chardonnet

Guillaume Laurant

as Photographe

Mathilde Yvain

as La secrétaire de Franck

Catherine Mongodin

as La collègue de Claire

Thierry Gibault

as Michel

Lionel Abelanski

as Collègue Michel

Jacques Mathou

as Garagiste

Madame Leconte

as Femme luzerne

Pierre Le Paih

as Enfant luzerne

Thierry Teboul

as Orchestre

Cécile Gewel

as Orchestre

Christophe Minck

as Orchestre

Cécile Cewel

as Une musicienne de l'orchestre

Francis Coffinet

as Huissier 1

Luc Desportes

as Huissier 2

Mathieu Petit

as Un musicien de l'orchestre

Consuelo De Haviland

as Marie Thérèse

Etienne Tassel

as Pierre Grandjean

Pierre Aussedat

as Technicien stand de tir

Laurent Brouazin

as Photographe Pont Neuf

Sofia Dourbecker

as Henriette jeune

Aurélie Frémaux

as Petite fille Chacha

Maaike Jansen

as Henriette Brejoux

Alexis Pivot

as Kevin

Jean-Yves Chatelais

as Homme 305

Sylvie Herbert

as Religieuse

Liliane Rovère

as Mère Cliare

Guillaume Gallienne

as Apprenti bijoutier

Françoise Michaud

as Journaliste Télé

Arnaud Churin

as Grassouillet

Jean-Pierre Becker

as Employé fabrique

Pierre Sénélas

as Patron bistrot

Charles-Roger Bour

as Vendeur vidéo

Anne Macina

as Gynécologue

Jean-Claude Frissung

as Léon Brejoux

Etienne Fernagut

as Médecin légiste

Pierre Remund

as Capitaine gendramerie

Philippe Vieux

as Journaliste homme

Elisabeth Catroux

as Mère Kevin