Giorgino

Giorgino
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Directed by	Laurent Boutonnat
Written by	Laurent Boutonnat Gilles Laurent
Produced by	Laurent Boutonnat
Starring	Jeff Dahlgren Mylène Farmer
Cinematography	Jean-Pierre Sauvaire
Edited by	Laurent Boutonnat Agnès Mouchel
Music by	Laurent Boutonnat
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	5 October 1994 (1994-10-05)
Running time	177 minutes
Language	English
Budget	€12,000,000

Giorgino is a 1994 French thriller directed by Laurent Boutonnat.

Plot

In the 1918 war-stricken Giorgio Volli returns to the orphanage where he had been working with children for a while. When arriving he founds out that the tragedy had happened in the house - the wife of the orphanage owner had comitted suicide. He couldn't manage to save her. Soon after it was revealed that the house is almost empty and abandoned, and the children died under unclear circumstances, only one girl named Catherine survived. Giorgio starts investigate what had happened and through mysteries and hidden truth he finds out that the orphanage owner, Doctor Degrace, could be involved in psychiatric experiments with children, which might lead to a tragedy. His daughter - Catherine - is autist, but she is the only witness of life and death of children thus she became a key person for Giorgio to unriddle mysteries of Dr. Degrace.

Cast

• Jeff Dahlgren : Giorgio Volli
• Mylène Farmer : Catherine Degrâce
• Jean-Pierre Aumont : Sébastien Degrâce, Catherine's father
• Joss Ackland : The priest Glaise
• Louise Fletcher : The innkeeper
• Frances Barber : Marie
• Albert Dupontel : Orderly, the crippled nurse
• Christopher Thompson, Christian Gazio : The young captain
• Su Elliot : Marthe
• Janine Duvitski : Josette
• Richard Claxton : Raoul
• John Abineri : Dr. Jodel
• Anne Lambton : Mother Raoul
• Valérie Kaplanová : The old woman
• Lillian Malkina: Mrs.Vennepeyn
• Jana Andresíková: Mme Forestier

Soundtrack

Soundtrack (released on December 3, 2007)

Edition Super Jewel Box

1. "Ouverture" (3:52)
2. "Le Vent et la Neige" (1:14)
3. "La Route de Chanteloup" (1:05)
4. "L'Orphelinat"
5. "Les Montagnes noires" (2:11)
6. "En calèche" (2:19)
7. "À Catherine" (1:26)
8. "Giorgino theme" (3:37)
9. "Levée du corps" (0:46)
10. "L'Abbé Glaise" (1:45)
11. "Giorgio et les Enfants" (3:09)
12. "La Nursery" (3:09)
13. "Retour à l'orphelinat" (2:30)
14. "L'Armistice" (1:42)
15. "La Valse des baisers"
16. "Giorgio et Catherine" (3:49)
17. "Docteur Degrâce" (4:31)
18. "Morts pour la France" (2:28)
19. "Les Femmes dans l'église" (1:41)
20. "Les Funérailles" (2:37)
21. "Petit Georges" (1:21)
22. "Sombres Souvenirs" (2:34)
23. "Le Christ et les Cierges" (1:41)
24. "Menteur" (3:30)
25. "Le Marais" (1:50)
26. "Final" (7:43)

External links

• Giorgino at IMDb