KILLING-TIME, documentary by Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel (California, USA)

88 minutes – DCP 16/9 – color – 5.1 dolby
Director: Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel
Production: Celluloprod, Les productions du verger, ARTE
Sound Recording: Félix Blume
DOP: Colin Lévêque
Sound Editing: Rym Debbarh-Mounir
Mixing: Cyrille Lauwerier
Editing: Méline Van Aelbrouck
www.killingtime-film.com

DEEP IN THE ROCKY CALIFORNIAN DESERT LIES A SMALL MILITARY TOWN NAMED TWENTYNINE PALMS. NEIGHBOURING A LARGE MARINE CORPS BASE, IT WELCOMES TROOPS COMING BACK FROM IRAK AND AFGHANISTAN ALL YEAR ROUND. ON LEAVE OR ALREADY BACK TO TRAINING, THESE YOUNG MEN KILL TIME BY THEMSELVES, AMONG BROTHERS IN ARMS OR WITH THEIR FAMILY, IN A SURROUNDING CONSTANTLY REMINDING THEM OF THE WARZONE THEY JUST LEFT BEHIND. THE BANALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE SHOWS JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT WILL BE FOR THESE MEN TO RECLAIM A LIFE THAT WILL SEEM FOREVER FOREIGN.

FESTIVALS: Cinéma du Réel – Paris – GRAND PRIX, Doc en Mai – Bordeaux, Sarajevo Film Festival – Kinoscope, Milano Film Festival – Colpe Di Stato, DMZ DOCS – South Korea, Zurich Film Festival – MENTION SPECIALE DU JURY, War On Screen – Châlons-en-Champagne, Detour Festival – Padua – AUDIENCE AWARD, Margaret Mead Film Festival – New York, Filmer à Tout Prix – Bruxelles, Mois du Doc – Bretagne, RIDM – Montréal – Etats du Monde
BROADCAST: Arte