Crystal Book

Crystal Book (1994)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1994-11-11
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Madragoa Filmes
  • Production Country: France, Portugal, Switzerland
  • Director: Patricia Plattner

Summary

This European thriller, set in Sri Lanka, attempts to expound upon the philosophical implications of life, death, and memory. JB, an academic famed for his studies of oriental culture and alcoholic who has never recovered from his wife's suicide, returns to Sri Lanka to translate a book written on glass. It is supposed to contain Buddha's discourse upon memory. While he is there, an attractive nurse, Julia asks him to assist a young boy who wants to locate his father who is now living in a Tamil-occupied area. The Tamil terrorists will kill any trespassers. Compounding JB's conflict in deciding to go is that his former home where he lived with his wife is in that area. Unbeknownst to him, the boy is really a Tamil spy.

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  • Jean-François Balmer

    as John Billeter, aka JB
  • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

    as Julia Portal
  • Douglas Ranasinghe

    as Siri de Silva
  • Gamini Fonseka

    as S.S.P. Molligoda , chief of police
  • John Arnold

    as Pierre Greene
  • Jean-Pierre Sentier

    as Père Baud
Production Patricia Plattner Producer
Writing Patricia Plattner Screenplay
Camera Matthias Kälin Camera Operator
Production João Canijo Production Manager
Directing Patricia Plattner Director
Production Paulo Branco Executive Producer

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