''A Piece of Sky'' (french: Une part du ciel) is a 2002 French-Belgian drama film directed by

Bénédicte Liénard Bénédicte Liénard (; born 25 April 1965 in Mons, Belgium) is a Belgian filmmaker. Biography Benedicte Lienard studied at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion section realization cinema in Louvain-La-Neuve. At 24, she directed her first short fil ...

. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski. The festival opened with ''Hollywood Ending'', directe ...

Cast

Séverine Caneele Séverine Caneele (born 10 May 1974) is a Belgian film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for the film ''L'humanité''. Filmography * ''L'humanité ''L'Humanité'' (; ), is a French daily newspaper. ...

as Joanna *

Sophie Leboutte Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...

as Claudine *

Yolande Moreau Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations. Career She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept piè ...

as Madame Pasquier * Josiane Stoléru as Mme. Picri * Naïma Hirèche as Naima * Annick Keusterman as Annick * Gaëlle Müller as Laurette * Béatrice Spiga as Bella *

Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor. Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse'' ...

as Joanna's Lawyer *

André Wilms André Wilms (29 April 1947 – 9 February 2022) was a French film and television actor who also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his wor ...

as Warden

Production

Director Bénédicte Liénard said It was Bella (played by Béatrice Spiga, a real prisoner in her life) who showed Séverine Caneele the posture of the naked body search.

References

External links

* 2002 films 2002 drama films French drama films 2000s French-language films Belgian drama films French-language Belgian films 2000s French films {{Belgium-film-stub