Les âmes fortes (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Writers:

Jean Giono (novel)
Alexandre Astruc (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 May 2001 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Memory | 1880s | Death | Godmother

Cast

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

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

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
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
Laurence Trémolet	....	still photographer
Paul Triboulet	....	grip

Casting Department
Frédérique Juhel	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Louise Arhex	....	costumer trainee
Mirna Rossi-Favier	....	wardrobe

Music Department
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

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

Production Companies

• MDI Productions
• Les Films du Lendemain
• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Nomad Films (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Arte (participation)
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (participation)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Procirep (participation)
• Les Productions JMH (participation) (as JMH Productions)
• Eurimages (supported by)

Distributors

• Gémini Films (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Président Films (2001) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• France Télévision Distribution (2001) (France) (DVD) (rights)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2001) (France) (DVD)
• Paramount Classics (USA) (subtitled)

Other Companies

• Éditions Gallimard  book publisher
• ACME Films  titles (as Acmé Films)
• Angels  costumes
• Cosprop  costumes
• France 2 Music  soundtrack released by
• La Poêle à film  catering
• Les Ateliers du Costume  costumes (as Ateliers du Costume)
• M.T.L. Peruques  wigs (as M.T.L. France Perruques)
• Rubini & Associés  insurance
• Studio Davout  music recorded at

Also Known As:

Savage Souls (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

120 min | Germany:102 min (TV version)

Country:

France | Belgium | Switzerland

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

MDI Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Les rois mages (2001)

mysterious makes boring

This story is about an attractive manipulative little tramp who gets involved with a wealthy couple,the man played by John Malcovich.Most of the movie follows this situation and the couple's behaviour is so mysterious that the only resaon i kept watching is to see how this is resolved or explained,which never happens.After that the movie goes on but i was already bored and i never cared for the rest which is even more boring.Too bad for the beautifull photography, especially of the french countryside.