©BA.BE Productions

Where Life Begins

Name: Where Life Begins
Director: Stéphane Freiss

Feature Film | 2021-2022 | Drama | France, Italy

Director	Stéphane Freiss
Written by	Stéphane Freiss, Audrey Gordon, Caroline Deruas Peano, Laure Deschenes
Production	BA.BE Productions [fr], Indiana Production Spa, Fanfarons Films [fr], Sky Italia [it], Vision Distribution [it]
Distributor	JHR Films [fr], Vision Distribution [it]

Locations	Italy

Film financing	Centre National du Cinéma et de L' Image Animée [fr] (CNC) [fr]
Length of movie	100 min

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Riccardo Scamarcio	Elio [L]
Lou de Laâge	Esther [L]
Pierre-Henry Salfati	Aaron [SR]
Luigi Diberti	Yaacov [SR]
Coraly Zahonero	Rivka [SR]
Nicola Rignanese	Andrea [SR]
Liv del Estal	Carla [SR]
Anna Sigalevitch	Rachel [SR]
Jérémie Galiana	Ariel [SR]

Activity	Name	Comment
Post production coordinator	Monica Verzolini
Director of photography	Michele Paradisi
Video assist/playback operator	Libera Balzamo
Casting director	Armando Pizzuti
Casting director (children)	Florian Delhormeau
Costume designer	Florence Emir
Director	Stéphane Freiss
Editor	Aline Hervé
Composer	Giovanni Mirabassi
Producer	Fabio Conversi
Producer	Benedetto Habib
Producer	Daniel Campos Pavoncelli
Producer	Marco Cohen
Producer	Fabrizio Donvito
Production designer	Isabella Angelini
Screenwriter	Caroline Deruas Peano
Screenwriter	Audrey Gordon
Screenwriter	Laure Deschenes
Screenwriter	Stéphane Freiss
Production sound mixer	Maximilien Gobiet

Company	Comment
BA.BE Productions [fr]
Indiana Production Spa
Fanfarons Films [fr] in collaboration	in collaboration
Sky Italia [it] in collaboration	in collaboration
Vision Distribution [it] in collaboration	in collaboration

Company	Comment
JHR Films [fr]
Vision Distribution [it]

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2022	France	Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême Avant-premières	Avant-premières

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 25/01/2023
Theatre release	Italy	Thursday, 16/06/2022