Les randonneurs (1997)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Philippe Harel

Writers:

Eric Assous (writer)
Philippe Harel (writer)

Release Date:

12 March 1997 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Parisian friends (two brothers and their one-time girl friends) fly to Corsica for a mountain trek guided by the married lover of one of the women...

Plot Keywords:

Corsica | Paris | Trekkers | Love

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Eric
Karin Viard	...	Coralie nicknamed Cora
Vincent Elbaz	...	Mathieu Lacaze
Philippe Harel	...	Louis Lacaze
Géraldine Pailhas	...	Nadine
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vicky Albertini	...	La première belle randonneuse
Clara Bellar	...	Eve
Michel Casang	...	Le premier contact
Etienne Castelane	...	Le chauffeur de la camionnette
Alexis Ceccaldi	...	Le deuxième compagnon des randonneuses
Pascal Ceccaldi	...	Le premier compagnon des randonneuses
Philippe Cotten
Franck Crombet	...	Le fiancé d'Eva
Marine Delterme	...	Bernadette
Salomé de Maat
Cécile Francon	...	La deuxième belle randonneuse
Louise Germaine	...	Jennifer
Dominique Grazziani
Jean Grécault
Groupe Aventurin Show	...	L'orchestre au mariage
Alain Guillo
Éric Houzelot	...	L'oncle chauvin
Patrick Llopis	...	Le deuxième contact
Gilda Nassidian	...	La femme de chambre
Jean-Patrick Roggeri	...	Tino
Timothy Smith	...	Pierre LeSwank (scenes deleted)
Zinedine Soualem	...	L'animateur
Tatjana Verdonik
Manon Vignant	...	La petite Lucienne dite Lulu

Also Known As:

Hikers

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #87710

Movie Connections:

Followed by Les randonneurs à Saint-Tropez (2008)

Soundtrack:

Love Story

An enjoyable hiking trip

"Les randonneurs" is a comedy about a group of 5 thirtyish people (lovers or ex-lovers, as it is fashionable in the latest trend of French comedies) hiking their way in the (not so) wild Corsica to meet their own self. This is more "City slickers" than "Deliverance", though, so don't expect anything more dangerous than a hungry wild boar. It's typically the kind of movie which is held together by its actors, led by "Man bite dog"'s serial killer Benoit Poelvoorde, here the would-be charismatic leader of the group, actually a self-important, but pathetic, idiot, whose loves to explain others how to set one's left foot on the ground, and then the right one, well, how to walk. Also noticeable is Karin Viard, who is doing a great job as the temperamental whiner of the group. Of course, the movies' situations and characters are even more enjoyable if you've been on hiking trips yourself, because you're likely to recognize them.