La France (2007)
La France (2007), directed by Serge Bozon, starring Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory.
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Synopsis
During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to dress herself up as a man so as to be able to take to the road on foot. As she lives near the Western Fromt she hooks up with a passing group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
- Céline BozonCinematography
- Serge BozonDirector
- François QuiqueréEditing
- David ThionProducer
About the film
La France is a French film directed by Serge Bozon, released in 2007. It stars Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2007.
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La France is a French film directed by Serge Bozon, released in 2007. It stars Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2007.
Synopsis
During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to dress herself up as a man so as to be able to take to the road on foot.
Reception
The film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 16 reviews on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.38/10.
Tim Palmer argues that the film is an example of recent French pop-art cinema, in which mainstream or conventional materials (here, the war film, which Bozon described in interview as the last remaining classical genre in France today) are intermingled and hybridized with intellectual or esoteric designs (such as in Bozon's approach elements of the musical, stylized or watered-down Brechtian alienation devices, deliberate fissures in the logic of the film).
References
External links
La France at IMDb
Text from La France (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_France_(film)
Trivia
- It premiered on September 21, 2007, a Friday.
- It runs 1h42 — a typical feature length.
- This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.
Production
- StudiosLes Films Pelléas, Centre Images, CNC, CinéCinéma, Cinémage, Coficup, La Région Île-de-France, Soficinéma 3
- CountriesFrance
- LanguagesFrench
- StatusReleased
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Cast
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Sylvie Testud
Camille -
Pascal Greggory
Le Lieutenant -
Guillaume Depardieu
François -
Guillaume Verdier
Le cadet -
François Négret
Jacques -
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Elias - Laurent Talon Antoine
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Pierre Léon
Alfred -
Benjamin Esdraffo
Pierre -
Didier Brice
Sean - Laurent Lacotte Frédéric
- Bob Boisadan Le guitariste
- Lionel Turchi Le violoniste
- Laurent Valéro Le bandonéoniste
- Michel Fossiez Le hautboïste
- Emmanuel Levaufre Le fils d'Elias
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Cécile Reigher
Le soeur de Camille -
Philippe Chemin
L'agent de liaison - Mehdi Zannad La sentinelle
Quiz about this movie
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O exercício do poder
6.4
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A fratura
6.6
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Obrigado à Vida
6.2
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All of a Sudden
7.9
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Heaven Will Wait
7.0
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Shepherds
7.2
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Noite de Paris
6.9
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Chaos Drama from the 2000s
6.4
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Perigos da Rede
6.3
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Fora de temporada
6.3
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Paris 36 Drama from the 2000s
6.1
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Declaration of War
7.1
Crew
- Céline Bozon Cinematography
- Serge Bozon Director
- François Quiqueré Editing
- David Thion Producer
- Axelle Ropert Screenplay
Questions about this film
What is La France about?
La France: During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to…
Who directed La France?
La France was directed by Serge Bozon in 2007.
Who stars in La France?
The cast of La France includes Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Guillaume Depardieu, Guillaume Verdier and François Négret.
How long is La France?
La France runs for 102 minutes, or 1h42.
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