riding dostoevsky

a film by Patricia Mazuy,Simon Reggiani • in cinemas on 13 October 2004 • 1h57

With

Simon Reggiani, Patricia Mazuy, Bernard Maurel, Thierry Duhazé, Michel Thoury, Lionel Duhazé, Pascal Guimard, Benoît Delavigne, Docteur Perret

Synopsis

To build up his courage, a man who has a favor to ask of his neighbor crawls out of his hole, takes the bit between his teeth and sets out to recite Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground on horseback in front of 1,700 farmers at the Paris International Agricultural Show. The year is 2003, and Bush is preparing to attack Iraq.

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Awards

Official Selection — Venice Film Festival 2005

Press

This film emanates so much tension, so much emotion, so much energy, so much humour and love, that it is impossible to resist.
Les Inrockuptibles
Un film insolent
Libération
The film should be entitled:Don Quichotte De la Manche !
Le nouvel observateur
Dostoevsky on horseback… The couple Mazuy-reggiani deliver an audacious making of.
Télérama

Credits

Screenplay: Patricia Mazuy, Simon Reggiani
Cinematography: Léna Rouxel, Mohammed Siad
Editing: Mathilde Muyard
Sound: Samuel Mittelman, Hélène Ducret, Dominique Dalmasso
Production design: Houssein Baydoun
Music: Asphalt Jungle
Produced by: Tact et sentiments, Maïa Films, M.P Productions
With the participation of: CNC, Cinecinéma
With the support of: Assurances Gras-Savoye, Banque Odier Bungener Courvoisier (OBC), Conseil Régionnal de Basse Normandie, Haras National du Pin
French distribution: Les Films du Losange
International sales: Les Films du Losange