Ashes and Blood

2009 · 105 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 188 VOTES · DIR. Fanny Ardant

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Overview

Exiled from her country since her husband's murder ten years earlier, Judith lives in Marseille with her three children. After having refused to see her family for years, Judith, in spite of her fears and secrets, allows herself to be influenced by her children's wishes and accepts an invitation to their cousin's wedding. They set off to spend a summer in the old country, discovering their roots and their past. But Judith's return revives old hatreds between rival clans. The spiral of violence is inexorably set in motion, blood will tell...

Dialogue Timeline — 828 lines

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00:00:23 Come on, Mira. Come on.
00:03:41 It's your favourite proverb!
00:08:44 What happened to you?
00:12:33 She knows dozens. She recites them to us.
00:16:47 Don't tell anyone about this!
00:20:51 She mustn't! Mira is too light for the horses here.
00:23:42 I want to protect them.
00:28:07 Do the Drins scare you?
00:30:46 Shall we play tomorrow?
00:34:17 Who?
00:38:05 I had to shake up Slater and Damien.
00:40:20 I've nearly finished. Let's go.
00:43:25 Scared of losing?
00:46:13 Later.
00:48:56 She betrayed her fiancé, dishonoured herself and fled.
00:53:05 I would never get over it if anything were to happen
00:56:21 I gave Venera my word.
00:59:57 And me in those that ward off misfortune.
01:02:57 Yes.
01:09:12 It's hot. I'm taking him some water.
01:14:37 Shut up! Respect your grandmother!
01:16:28 he is ready to die to pay his debt.
01:20:47 He's a coward.
01:25:26 - Kill me, but I'll shut him up. - I didn't kill Slater!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed828
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line01:25:26

Production Record

DirectorFanny Ardant
LanguageFrench
Budget$3,000,000
IMDb votes188