Les diables (2002)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Christophe Ruggia

Writers:

Olivier Lorelle (writer)
Christophe Ruggia (writer)

Release Date:

11 September 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The siblings Joseph and Chloé are 12 and have just been placed on another children's home. For years...

Plot Keywords:

On The Run | Children's Home | Stealing | Child Psychiatrist | Escape

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Adele Haenel	...	Chloé
Vincent Rottiers	...	Joseph
Rochdy Labidi	...	Karim
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Doran
Aurélia Petit	...	La mère de Joseph
Galamelah Lagra	...	Djamel (as Galamelah Lagraa)
Dominique Reymond	...	La directrice
Frédéric Pierrot	...	L'homme de la maison
Danielle Ambry	...	La femme de la maison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Azouz Begag
Omar Bekhaled
Laurence Cormerais
Laurent Dallias	...	Policeman
Amaury Delobre	...	François
Khereddine Ennasri
Sabrina Ferkous
Brahim Frihi	...	Patrick
Mehdi Laribi	...	Ali
Yves Lecat	...	Mother's friend
Nathalie Legros
Ricky Martin	...	Brian Rodriquez
Sigolène Moulin	...	Sylvie
François Négret	...	Le policier (fin)
Mouloud Rezig	...	Karim's friend
Elisa Rochette	...	Sarah
Jean-Claude Varlet
Marylin Vignon	...	Isabelle
Bernard Villanueva

Also Known As:

Los diablos (Spain)
The Devils (International: English title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 (cut) | Australia:MA (cable rating)

Company:

Lazennec & Associés

A Master Work

Les diables is a powerful, delightful, poignant and terribly sad film. Hard to endure in many of its crucial moments. Definitely not a popcorn movie. This is a film with a lot of work in the script and a lot of masterful work in many other aspects.

The acting is not only superb... it's mesmerising. I think about myself directing these two young actors into such a complicated argument and it sort of makes me shiver.

This film seems to explode in your mind. The story is so engaging and powerful, you'll have the same experience many of us already have: it's very difficult to put it away for a long time.

Cinematography is on par and above of the best french contemporary cinematographers. Lighting, locations, wardrobe and the whole aesthetic experience is so subtle that it goes under the skin unnoticed, but with a clear and powerful purpose. The dynamics are all well thought and paced to fit the crudeness of the story.

But, above all, the acting reflects the most difficult human experiences in a world where all the characters have is each other. It's a fearful drive in the territory of love: its beauty, its bitterness, its bright and dark sides. All in all, a film about love where the most unexpected things will happen.