The Wanderer (1967)
"Le grand Meaulnes" (original title)

Rural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement ... See full summary »

Director:

Jean-Gabriel Albicocco

Writers:

Alain-Fournier (novel), Jean-Gabriel Albicocco (screenplay),

Stars:

Brigitte Fossey, Jean Blaise, Alain Libolt

Cast

Cast overview:
Brigitte Fossey	...	Yvonne de Galais
Jean Blaise	...	Augustin Meaulnes
Alain Libolt	...	François Seurel
Alain Noury	...	Frantz de Galais
Juliette Villard	...	Valentine Blondeau
Christian de Tillière	...	Ganache
Marcel Cuvelier	...	Monsieur Seurel
Thérèse Quentin	...	Madame Seurel
Serge Spira	...	Mouche Boeuf
Bruno Castan	...	Delouche
Elizabeth Guy
Henri Alain Dmurtal
Annie Fahr

Storyline

Rural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party's in progress: there he falls eternally in love with Yvonne and she with him. Back at school, he hears she is in Paris, so he follows in a vain search and meets a woman, jilted by her lover. In the countryside a few year's later, Augustin's friend François finds Yvonne and brings Augustin to her. They marry, but the next day, Augustin leaves to fulfill a youthful promise he made to Yvonne's brother. François comforts the pregnant Yvonne as they await Augustin's return.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 April 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wanderer

Filming Locations:

Henrichemont, Cher, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Madeleine Films, AWA Films, Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Le grand Meaulnes (2006)

User Reviews

If you loved the book, you'll love the movie.

Having read (and loved) Alain Fournier's brilliant novel at school, some years later I was excited to see the film was being shown with English subtitles at a specialist cinema. We made the effort to get along there, and we weren't disappointed.

It captured the dream-like, mysterious and slightly surreal quality of the novel very well. My wife, who wasn't already familiar with the novel, was enthralled by the movie.

The atmosphere of rural Provence at the turn of the century pervades the movie as it does the novel, too.

Like the book, a masterful exploration of the twilight world of youth and first love.

I'm not normally a lover of film romances, but come on, somebody - release this movie on DVD for us !