A Few Hours of Spring

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A Few Hours of Spring
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Film poster
French Quelques heures de printemps
Directed by Stéphane Brizé
Written byFlorence Vignon
Stéphane Brizé
Produced byMiléna Poylo
Gilles Sacuto
Rémi Burah
Starring Vincent Lindon
Hélène Vincent
Emmanuelle Seigner
CinematographyAntoine Héberlé
Edited byAnne Klotz
Music by Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
Production
company
TS Productions
Distributed byDiaphana Films
Release date
  • 19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)
Running time
108 minutes
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.5 million [1]
Box office$1.9 million [2]

A Few Hours of Spring (French : Quelques heures de printemps) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé.

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Plot

After being released from prison, a man returns to his mother. Ill with terminal cancer, she decides to choose the time of her death.

Cast

Production

The film was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Festival do Rio, the Reykjavík International Film Festival, the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Dubai International Film Festival, the Glasgow Film Festival, the City of Lights, City of Angels.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Quelques heures de printemps (2012)". JP’s Box-Office. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. "A Few Hours of Spring".