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Director:
Raoul Ruiz
Writers:
Jean Giono (novel)
Alexandre Astruc (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 May 2001 (France) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Romance See more »
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Laetitia Casta ... Thérèse
Frédéric Diefenthal ... Firmin

Arielle Dombasle ... Madame Numance

John Malkovich ... Monsieur Numance

Charles Berling ... Reveillard
Johan Leysen ... Rampal

Edith Scob ... Première femme veillée
Christian Vadim ... Le pasteur
Carlos López ... Le muet
Monique Mélinand ... Thérèse âgée
Jacqueline Staup ... Deuxième femme veillée
Corine Blue ... Jeune femme veillée
Aimé Lebedel ... Vieux chanteur
Nathalie Boutefeu ... Charlotte
Marc Dantes ... Forgerons
Eric Pasturel ... Forgerons
Wladimir Ivanovsky ... Gourgeon
Thierry Melia ... L'aubergiste
Eugène Bouscarle ... Le chef
André Delmas ... Client 1
Manuel Villalba ... Client 2
Antoine Chain ... Jeune homme
Anna Queytan ... La mercière
Christine Borredon ... La modiste
Josette Pons ... La gouvernante
Roger Pons ... Jardinier
Sylvain Valentin ... Gendarme
Isabelle Delaunay ... Diaconesse
Emmanuel Depoix ... Jeune curé
Jacques Rouault ... Ouvrier
Louis-Charles Sirjacq ... Le médecin
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Directed by
Raoul Ruiz 
 
Writing credits
Jean Giono (novel)

Alexandre Astruc (screenplay, adaptation and dialogue) &
Mitchell Hooper (screenplay, adaptation and dialogue) and
Alain Majani d'Inguimbert (screenplay, adaptation and dialogue) &
Eric Neuhoff (screenplay, adaptation and dialogue)

Produced by
Jacques de Clercq .... co-producer
Dimitri de Clercq .... producer
Marc de Lassus Saint-Geniès .... producer
Alain Majani d'Inguimbert .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jorge Arriagada 
 
Cinematography by
Eric Gautier 
 
Film Editing by
Béatrice Clérico 
Valeria Sarmiento 
 
Casting by
Sylvie Brocheré 
 
Production Design by
Bruno Beaugé 
 
Costume Design by
Marielle Robaut 
 
Makeup Department
Françoise Andrejka .... makeup artist
Bernard Floch .... key makeup artist
Christian Garcia .... hair stylist (as Boris Garcia)
Annie Habans .... makeup artist
Isabelle Luzet .... key hair stylist
Gill Robillard .... makeup artist
Lyda Sanchez .... hair stylist
Marc Villeneuve .... hair stylist
Catherine Vrignaud .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jacques Arhex .... production manager
Arnaud Kerneguez .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Olivier Bouffard .... second assistant director
Florence Rauscher .... trainee assistant director
Guillaume Roitfeld .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Lucien Eymard .... props
Gil Mas .... first assistant art director
François Peyon .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Germain Boulay .... sound editor
Germain Boulay .... sound effects editor
Nicolas d'Halluin .... sound recordist
William Flageollet .... sound mixer
William Flageollet .... sound
François-Joseph Hors .... sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Lemaire .... cable person
Jérôme Lévy .... foley artist
Georges-Henri Mauchant .... sound designer
Georges-Henri Mauchant .... sound editor
Christian Monheim .... sound
Laurent Quaglio .... sound editor
Laurent Quaglio .... sound
Seppe van Groeningen .... boom operator
 
Special Effects by
Christian Bourqui .... rain
Neill Gorton .... special effects makeup (as Neil Gorton)
Robert Mayor .... special effects makeup
Steve Painter .... special effects makeup
Steve Scotton .... special effects technician
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marion Befve .... second assistant camera
François Berroir .... chief electrician
Justine Bourgade .... trainee camera
Xavier Cholet .... electrician
Dominique Fayos .... grip
Irina Lubtchansky .... first assistant camera
Tudor Mircea .... camera operator
Denis Scozzesi .... key grip
Paul Triboulet .... grip
Laurence Trémolet .... still photographer
 
Casting Department
Louise Arhex .... trainee extras casting
Frédérique Juhel .... extras casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sophie Dieu .... key wardrobe
Nicole Meyrat .... costumer
Mirna Rossi-Favier .... seamstress (as Mirna Favier)
Priscillia Van Sprengel .... trainee costume designer
 
Music Department
Richard Gallet .... music recordist
Jean-Louis Négro .... conductor
Béatrice Uria-Monzon .... musician: mezzo-soprano
 
Other crew
Corine Blue .... assistant to director
Jean-Paul Cauvin .... publicist
Barbara Constantine .... script supervisor
Marceline Corthesy .... dialogue coach: John Malkovich
Patrick Lemaire .... horse master
Rob Mayor .... prosthetic artist
Charles-Edouard Renault .... legal counsel
 
Thanks
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé .... thanks
Richard Boidin .... thanks
Sylvie Durbet Giono .... special thanks
Isabelle Gallimard .... thanks
Pierre Héros .... thanks
Alain Lanceron .... thanks
Jacques Meny .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Savage Souls" - Europe (English title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Germany:102 min (TV version)
Country:
France | Belgium | Switzerland
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)
Filming Locations:
Comps, Drôme, FranceSee more »
Company:
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Referenced in Les rois mages (2001)See more »

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Pointless, over-descriptive and dull..., 27 July 2004
Author: George Mpoukatsas from Europe

Despite the unquestioned talent of Raul Ruiz, this movie is an unqualified disaster. The plot drifts aimlessly, tv-series like, coupled with inadequate acting and over-elaborate voice-over in order to further the "action" in an ad-hoc manner. Practically very little of any importance actually happens, even less of what occurs on the screen is dramatically convincing in this terminally unexciting journey of a manipulative young girl and her encounters in rural France of the 19th century. Vacuity disguised as ambiguity or worse, profundity. Good cinematography though, but there are far better literary adaptions done recently such as Assayas' "Les destinees sentimentales".

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