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	EURO KIDS - SCREENINGS 2004/2005

VIPER IN THE FIST

Original Title	Vipère au poing
Director	Philippe de Broca
Genre	Drama
Country of origin	France/UK
Language spoken	French
Year of production	2004
Production	Angoa-Agicoa (participation) France 3 Cinéma (co-production) Procirep (participation) Ramona Productions (co-production) Rézo Productions (line production) Zephyr Films (co-production)
Domestic distribution/World Sales	Rézo Films
Domestic release	6 October 2004 (France)
Suggested by	Claudio Gubitosi – Director of Giffoni Film Festival (Salerno, Italy)

List of Distributors

Release date	Country
6 October 2004	Belgium
6 October 2004	Switzerland

SYNOPSIS

Young Jean Rezeau lives a happy life during the 1920s with his older brother Freddy at their grandmother's home. But when their grandmother dies, they have to return to their parents, who live in another country with a third son, Marcel. Quickly, Jean and Freddy realize that their mother, Paule, is an authoritarian and incapable of tender feelings. She dominates her husband Jacques, a dreamer impassioned by the study of flies. Faced with their family's precarious financial situation, Paule imposes various deprivations and drudgeries on her children. Her cruel behaviour incites Jean to carry out a rebellion.