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Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
François Mitterrand
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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This script is perfection. The directing is awesome. The actors are---every single one---sexy. The plot is surprising. The climax is heartbreaking. The depth of these stories is revelatory. The dialogue is witty. The characters are cherishable. The editing is astonishing. In summation, this brilliant film is revealing, true, brutal, funny. Sexy are the actors. Sad is the plot. True is the reflection of these lives in these times. Sexy are the actors. Sad is the story. True is the movie. Perfection is the movie. Bravo to all.
I don't get this minimum of 1,000 words. I loved this movie. I will say it again and again.
And it's sexy.
I don't get this minimum of 1,000 words. I loved this movie. I will say it again and again.
And it's sexy.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a number of reports in Cineuropa during the film's pre-production, the original title was "Le combat de l'ange" (The Angel's Battle). This was changed to "Les témoins" (The Witnesses) by the time initial casting was announced in November 2005.
- GoofsIn one of the first sequence you can see slightly blurred in the background the logo LCL (yellow letters on a blue background) of the Crédit Lyonnais bank. The LCL name/logo was only introduced around 2005 and there did not exist yet in 1984.
- ConnectionsReferenced in La grande semaine: Episode #2.2 (2024)
- SoundtracksL'air de Barberine des Noces de Figaro (Cavatine: L'ho perduta, me meschina)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (uncredited)
Conducted by Dominique Trottein
Performed by Anne-Sophie Domergue with Les musiciens de l'orchestre du Duodijon
Recording engineer: Franck Guinfoleau
Recorded at Auditorium de Dijon (March 2006)
avec l'aimable autorisation de Monsieur le Maire, François Rebsamen
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tanıklar
- Filming locations
- Quai des Orfèvres, Paris 1, Paris, France(police headquarters)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,440
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,800
- Feb 3, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $3,041,093
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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