35 Shots of Rum

35 Shots of Rum (2009)

35 Rhums

We all live such withdrawn lives... Everyone in his corner.

A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

Date of release
2009-02-18
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (91)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama
Director
Claire Denis

Casting

Interesting facts

35 Shots of Rum is a 2008 drama film directed by Claire Denis. It stars Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, and Grégoire Colin. It tells the story of a father-daughter relationship complicated by the arrival of an attractive young man. The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2008. It was released in France on 18 February 2009, and in Germany on 5 March 2009.

Production

For the film, director Claire Denis got inspiration from Yasujirō Ozu's film Late Spring, as well as a relationship between her own mother and grandfather. She wrote the screenplay with Jean-Pol Fargeau. The film was shot by Agnès Godard. Tindersticks wrote the score for the film. The Commodores song Nightshift was featured in the film.

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