Tous les matins du monde (1991)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Alain Corneau

Writers:

Pascal Quignard (scenario & dialogue) and
Alain Corneau (writer)

Release Date:

18 December 1991 (France)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away...

Plot Keywords:

Viola | Viola Da Gamba | 1600s | Forbidden Love | Musician

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jean-Pierre Marielle	...	Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
Gérard Depardieu	...	Marin Marais
Anne Brochet	...	Madeleine
Guillaume Depardieu	...	Young Marin Marais
Carole Richert	...	Toinette
Michel Bouquet	...	Baugin
Jean-Claude Dreyfus	...	Abbe Mathieu
Yves Gasc	...	Lequieu
Jean-Marie Poirier	...	Monsieur de Bures
Myriam Boyer	...	Guignotte
Violaine Lacroix	...	Young Madeleine
Nadège Teron	...	Young Toinette
Caroline Sihol	...	Mme. de Sainte Colombe
Yves Lambrecht	...	Charbonnières
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philippe Duclos	...	Brunet (voice)
Yves Gourvil	...	Lequieu (voice)

Directed by
Alain Corneau

Writing credits
Pascal Quignard		(scenario & dialogue)
Alain Corneau		writer

Produced by
Jean-Louis Livi	....	producer
Bernard Marescot	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jordi Savall

Cinematography by
Yves Angelo

Film Editing by
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Production Design by
Bernard Vézat

Costume Design by
Corinne Jorry

Makeup Department
Marianne Collette	....	assistant makeup artist
Jean-Pierre Eychenne	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anne Le Campion	....	sound mixer
Laurent Lévy	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Benoît Barbier	....	still photographer
Alain Bolle	....	camera operator
Laurent Fleutot	....	camera operator
Gil Fontbonne	....	key grip
Jean-Yves Freess	....	grip
Luc Roux	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Emmanuelle Lalande	....	assistant editor
Eric LeGarçon	....	assistant editor
Florence Ricard	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Fabio Biondi	....	musician: violin
Jean-Louis Charbonnier	....	music consultant
Christophe Coin	....	musician: viola da gamba
Pierre Hantaï	....	musician: clavecin
Rolf Lislevand	....	musician: theorbe
Jordi Savall	....	conductor
Jordi Savall	....	musician: viola da gamba

Other crew
Hélène Sebillotte	....	script supervisor (as Hélène Othnin-Girard)

Production Companies

• Film Par Film
• Paravision International S.A.
• Divali Films
• DD Productions
• Sédif Productions (as SEDIF)
• FR3 Films Production
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• Bac Films (1991) (France) (theatrical) (as BAC Films)
• Koch Lorber Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Roissy Films (worldwide)
• Musidora Films (Spain) (theatrical)
• October Films (1992) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
• MCA Home Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Auvidis  soundtrack
• Le Concert des Nations  music performed by
• Valois  soundtrack

Also Known As:

All the Mornings of the World
Every Morning of the World

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Abbey of Moutier-d'Ahun, Moutier-d'Ahun, Creuse, France

Company:

Film Par Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in England, My England (1995)

Beautiful and heart-rending

See this and weep. Then weep some more (take tissues). Then listen to the soundtrack and weep along to beautifully-reproduced baroque chamber music.

The story is slow-paced and lovingly-shot, and deals with love, talent and labour being lost on the road to fame and fortune in the big city. Even in the seventeenth century, musicians sold out and left emotional wreckage behind them. (Not to mention one dramatically smashed viol, a suicide and a lot of crushed peaches.)

Though the film's big-name stars are the Depardieus pere et fils, the musical director, Jordi Savall, and the Concert des Nations should be given an equal billing!