Longwave | |
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Directed by | Lionel Baier |
Written by | Lionel Baier Julien Bouissoux |
Produced by | Pauline Gygax Max Karli |
Starring |
Valérie Donzelli Michel Vuillermoz Patrick Lapp Francisco Belard |
Cinematography | Patrick Lindenmaier |
Edited by | Pauline Gaillard |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Countries | Switzerland France Portugal |
Languages | French Portuguese |
Longwave ( French: Les Grandes Ondes (à l'ouest), Portuguese: As Ondas de Abril) is a 2013 Swiss-French-Portuguese comedy-drama film directed by Lionel Baier. The film's principal cast are Valérie Donzelli, Michel Vuillermoz, Patrick Lapp, and Francisco Belard.
The film is set in 1974, based on a true story about a Swiss production team working for Radio Suisse Romande, who are assigned to produce a puff piece in Portugal but instead witness the Carnation Revolution. [1]
The film débuted at the 2013 Locarno Film Festival. [2] The US premiere of Longwave was at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 10, 2014. [3] The distributor in France is Happiness Distribution, and in Switzerland is Pathé; the film has also been sold to Zeta Films for distribution in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay. [4]
The reviewer for Variety found that the director had demonstrated "his thoroughgoing knowledge of and delight in film history, yet his striving for a 1970s screwball vibe feels too forced and artificial". [5] In Público's Ípsilon, Luís Miguel Oliveira gave the film two out of five stars. [6]
The film was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in three categories: Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay (Lionel Baier and Julien Bouissoux), and Best Actor (Patrick Lapp) [7] but did not win, losing to I Am the Keeper in each category. [8]