Tous les matins du monde (1991)

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:

Court | Sainte Colombe | Viola | Orchestra | Viola Da Gamba

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
Le Concert des Nations	....	musicians
Pierre Hantaï	....	musician: clavecin
Maria-Cristina Kiehr	....	musician
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
• Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF) (as SEDIF)
• FR3 Films Production
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• Bac Films (1991) (France) (theatrical) (as BAC Films)
• Cineplex Odeon Films (1992) (Canada) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Musidora Films (Spain) (theatrical)
• October Films (1992) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
• Koch Lorber Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA Home Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)
• Touchstone Home Video (1993) (USA) (video)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Auvidis  soundtrack (as Auvidis/Valois)

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)

Relaxed pacing and beautifully scored!

It's as futile to lump 'Amadeus', 'My Brother Vincent', 'Immortal Beloved', and 'Tous les matins du monde' together as it is to indiscriminately group all films about crime or all sci-fi flicks. So with pretentious generalizations on "art films" out of the way, I'd like to point out that 'Tous les matins' masters the art of pacing in a film. The story unravels in a process like the blooming of a flower -- consistent, organic, and fascinating, albeit a shade slow.

Secondly, any renaissance/baroque music fans should see this film merely for its delightful scoring. Though early European music may be an acquired taste, "Tous les matins" presents the viola de gamba in all its expressive glory, foreshadowing works like Bach's well-known cello suites. If the quasi-deep attempts to address the definition of music bother you (as they occasionally bothered me), the complementation of the music and the film's pacing will captivate you nonetheless.

And offhand, fans of Julian Sands (especially in 'Impromptu')will get a kick out of comparing him to Guillaume Depardieu as the young Marin Marais...;)