Les Bureaux de Dieu
God's Offices

France, 2008, 115 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: Belgium
Language: French English Sub-Titles

35mm Presentation - Women of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and backgrounds meet in the waiting room of a busy family planning clinic in Paris. They’ve come in search of information, advice, birth control, abortion, or just someone to talk to as they figure out what their sexual activity means for themselves, their partners, and their families. There are the teenagers who can’t talk to their parents about sex, the girl whose boyfriend wants proof that she’s a virgin, the woman who’s afraid her husband will find out about her affair, and the sex worker who always uses contraception with her clients but never with the man she loves. And then there are the counselors who listen to them and consult with one another in between cigarettes on the balcony. Featuring a stellar cast of veteran French actresses (Nathalie Baye, Nicole Garcia, Isabelle Carré, and Béatrice Dalle), God's Offices is about the very business of life itself.

DIRECTOR: Claire Simon
Producer: Richard Copans, Philippe Carcassonne, Philippe Kauffmann
Editor: Julien Lacheray
Screenwriter: Claire Simon, Natalia Rodríguez, Nadège Trebal
Cinematographer: Philippe Van Leeuw, Claire Simon
Principal Cast: Nathalie Baye, Béatrice Dalle, Isabelle Carré, Rachida Brakni, Nicole Garcia, Emmanuel Mouret