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The Crossing

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FEATURE FILM 101'
Drama / Fantasy

Where dream and reality intersect, where truth and imagination meet, that's where Martin Arendt will find his missing daughter Lola
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Directed by

Jérôme Cornuau (Fear By The Lake, Fear By The Lake, Tiger Brigades, The Nest, Hotel Paradis)

Starring

Michaël Youn (Vive la France)
Fanny Valette (Little Jerusalem - Nominated for the Most Promising Actress at the Cesar Awards 2006 - Most Promising Young Actress at the Lumiere Awards - Official Selection, Critics week, Cannes 2005)
Emilie Dequenne (The Girl on the Train, Rosetta - Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival 1999), Pauline Haugness

Production

Yves Marmion – Les Films du 24

2012 / Original language: French / English / Color / 2.35 / Dolby SR SRD / available in hd & 2k

Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His delight at being reunited with Lola soon gives way to suspicion and fear. Why won't Lola talk? Who are these men watching them? What did Sarah know about Lola's disappearance? And who is beautiful and mysterious Norah Kross? When the weather conspires to stop them leaving, Martin and Lola embark on a journey across the island with Norah, headed for a tragic discovery...

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Excellent performances from the cast.
GALA

An ambitious thriller that competes on equal terms with Hollywood hits (...) Suspenseful screenplay (...) A breathtaking performance by Michael Youn.
TOUTLECINE.COM

Jérôme Cornuau directs with controlled brio.
ECRAN LARGE

Haunting and unsettling. A thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
RTL

In the great Hitchcockian tradition.
FRANCE INTER

Relentlessly intriguing, with a finely worked surprise ending.
TELEMAGAZINE