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Where Life Begins

Where Life Begins

An ultra-orthodox Jewish family from Aix-les-Bains comes to a farm in southern Italy for a brief stay every year to carry out a sacred mission: harvesting citrons. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired of the constraints imposed by her religion. Through this relationship, Esther will understand the importance of freedom and find her path, and, in the same way, Elio will find the peace he had lost for a long time.

Crew
Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Writer

Aline Hervé

Editor

Giovanni Mirabassi

Original Music Composer

Isabella Angelini

Production Design

Laure Deschenes

Writer

Michele Paradisi

Director of Photography

Caroline Deruas

Writer

Florence Emir

Costumer

Audrey Gordon

Audrey Gordon

Writer

Marco Cohen

Producer

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Director

Fabio Conversi

Producer

Benedetto Habib

Producer

Fabrizio Donvito

Fabrizio Donvito

Producer

Daniel Campos Pavoncelli

Producer

Nicola Pertino

"A" Camera Operator

Maria Santoro

Second Assistant Camera

Fabio Pagotto

Music Editor

Gaia Bussolati

Visual Effects Supervisor

Elisa Michela Storto

Visual Effects Editor

Giuseppe Fanelli

Grip

Arianna Lumare

Makeup Artist

Libera Balzamo

Video Assist Operator

Antonio Spada

Grip

Florian Delhormeau

Casting

Luca Pescatore

Third Assistant Director

Riccardo Gruppuso

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nicola Saponaro

Gaffer

Michelangelo Marchese

Boom Operator

Cesare Seclì

Boom Operator

Ivan Tozzi

Digital Colorist

Milo Cadau

Grip

Lucia Onofri

"B" Camera Operator

Diego Silvestri

Second Assistant Camera

Francesco Lopez

Line Producer

Antonio Chionna

Electrician

Pierluigi Contestabile

Electrician

Luigi Conte

Set Decoration

Paolo Tarantini

Post Production Assistant

Armando Pizzuti

Armando Pizzuti

Casting

Simone Chiossi

Sound Effects

Ciro Manfellotto

Props

Mario Cadau

Key Grip

Marco Ranieri

Digital Imaging Technician

Leopoldo Pescatore

First Assistant Director

Gianluca Chiossi

Foley Artist

Florian Cornet

ADR Supervisor

Alessandro Lattanzi

Third Assistant Director

Fabio Pagotto

Dialogue Editor

Francesco Piccoli

Digital Compositor

Dario Di Mella

Camera Operator

Mirco Tenerelli

Electrician

Nathalie Chéron

Nathalie Chéron

Casting Director

Maximilien Gobiet

Sound Recordist

Pasquale Vitillo

Visual Effects Producer

Simone Palma

Electrician

Vladimir Jankovic

Digital Compositor

Shervin Zinouzi

Additional Editor