Les oiseaux du ciel (2006)

Director:

Eliane de Latour

Writer:

Eliane de Latour (writer)

Release Date:

30 May 2009 (Ivory Coast)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

God does not let the birds fall from heaven and has even less reason to let us people fall.

Cast

Fraser James	...	Shad
Djédjé Apali	...	Otho
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Tango
Sara Martins	...	Olga
Lucien Jean-Baptiste	...	Tetanos
Tella Kpomahou	...	Pelagie
Malik Zidi	...	Bruno
Kad Merad	...	Oncle de Tango
Luce Mouchel	...	Tante de Tango
Agnès Soral	...	La Blanche
Michel Bohiri	...	Père d'Otho
Angeline Nadié	...	Mère d'Otho
Gabriel Zahon	...	Père de Shad
Toupé Loué	...	Baudelaire
Jimmy Danger	...	Billy le couturier
Dieudonné Taon	...	MC Kossovo
Moussa Sanogo	...	Reggae Man
Dioucounda Koma	...	Zoom (as Diouc Koma)
Laurentine Milebo	...	Tante Irène
Bass Dhem	...	La pagaille
Tshilombo Imhotep	...	Joe Zaza
Jean-Baptiste Anoumon	...	Goethe
Dermot Keaney	...	Chef cuisinier
Dona Fologo Coulibaly	...	DJ Arafat
Fatou Sall	...	Directrice de ballet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Bartlett	...	Gangster
Houda Echouafni	...	Girlfriend
James Gerard	...	Biff

Directed by
Eliane de Latour

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eliane de Latour		writer

Produced by
Andrew Hardwick	....	line producer: UK
Emma Hayter	....	co-producer
Pascal Judelewicz	....	producer
Christopher Simon	....	producer
Cat Villiers	....	producer

Cinematography by
Renaud Chassaing

Film Editing by
Nelly Quettier

Casting by
Sylvie Brocheré
Nicolas Ronchi

Production Design by
Dan Bevan

Costume Design by
Pascale Paoli

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Nicolas Royer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sandra Mainguené	....	first assistant director
Thierry Peythieu	....	second assistant director
Cecilia Testa	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Yann Dury	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Edouard Morin	....	sound editor
Arnaud Rolland	....	sound editor
Bruno Tarrière	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jérôme Thiault	....	sound recordist
Guillaume Valeix	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Raphael Hattab	....	digital artist
Jean-Francois Michelas	....	digital compositor
Olivier Poujaud	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Emmanuel Assenat	....	grip
Toma Baqueni	....	still photographer
Loïc Bouladjat	....	electrician
Ciro Candia	....	first assistant camera
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Gary Davy	....	casting: UK

Editorial Department
Aurélie Bensoussan	....	editor trainee

Other crew
Emmanuelle Balestrieri	....	administrator
Karima Benouadah	....	production coordinator
Caroline Bignan	....	production assistant
Olivia Bruynoghe	....	script supervisor
Andrew Dalmahoy	....	location manager: London
Nicolas Grimmer	....	location trainee
Lorin Horwitz	....	production assistant
Olivier Martin	....	location manager
Libby Mourant	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• République de Côte d'Ivoire (co-production)
• CNRS Images (co-production)
• Les Films d'Ici (in association with)
• Autonomous (co-production)
• Éliane de Latour Production (co-production)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Les Films du Lendemain (participation)
• Cognition (participation)
• Ice Breaker (participation)
• Kings Road Picture Company (participation)

Distributors

• Shellac Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

Après l'océan (France) (new title)
Birds of Heaven (UK) (literal English title)

Country:

France | UK

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire

Company:

arte France Cinéma