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Directed by | Rebecca Zlotowski |
Produced by | Frédéric Jouve |
Written by | Rebecca Zlotowski Gaëlle Macé |
Starring |
Tahar Rahim Léa Seydoux |
Music by | Robin Coudert |
Cinematography | Georges Lechaptois |
Edited by | Julien Lacheray |
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Distributed by | Ad Vitam Distribution |
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95 minutes |
Country | France Austria |
Language | French |
Budget | $3.9 million |
Box office | $1.7 million |
Grand Central is a 2013 French-Austrian romance film co-written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the François Chalais Prize.
Gary, an unskilled young man, lands a job as a decontamination sub-contractor at a nuclear power plant in the lower valley of the Rhone. Inducted into the workforce by supervisor Gilles and veteran Toni, Gary discovers that radiation contamination is not just a risk factor but an everyday hazard. At the same time, he begins an illicit affair with Karole, Toni's fiancée. It turns out that Toni is sterile, and Karole becomes pregnant by Gary.