Avion, L' (2005)

Director:

Cédric Kahn

Writers:

Cédric Kahn (scenario) and
Ismaël Ferroukhi (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

20 July 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Airplane | Death | Magic | Based On Comic

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Roméo Botzaris	...	Charly
Isabelle Carré	...	Catherine
Vincent Lindon	...	Pierre
Nicolas Briançon	...	Xavier
Alicia Djemaï	...	Mercedes (as Alicia Djémaï)
Marc Sedze	...	Le jeune éleveur
Mado Sedze	...	La fermière
Rodolphe Pauly	...	L'instituteur
Marlène Casaux-Glaire	...	La bonne élève
Jean-Marc Stehlé	...	Grand-Père Charly
Yves Penay	...	Haut Gradé cérémonie
Georges Haerter	...	Frère Mercedes
Mehdi Benounis	...	Petit Frère
Mathéo Puente	...	Mauvais Garçon cour
Paul Bernard	...	Voleur d'avion 1
Vincent Renard	...	Voleur d'avion 2
María Jurado	...	Marieta
Sébastien Viala	...	Militaire labo
Damien Dorsaz	...	Ingénieur labo
Guillaume Hugonin	...	Camionneur
Sophie Guillemin	...	Bambou - la fille dans le camion (as Madeleine Patenostre)
Antoine Ehrard	...	Gendarme Gradé (as Antoine Ehrhard)
Jean-Philippe Bernard	...	Jeune militaire
Christophe Calleja
Vincent Couturier
Marie-Olive Otto
Elisabeth Siegel
Noëlle Forey
Viktor Mahé
Romain Müllejans
Clara Eichinger
Louise Eichinger

Directed by
Cédric Kahn

Writing credits
Cédric Kahn		(scenario) and
Ismaël Ferroukhi		(scenario) and
Gilles Marchand		(scenario) and
Raphaëlle Valbrune		(scenario) and
Denis Lapière		(scenario)
Magda Seron		(comic book "Charly") (as Magda) and
Denis Lapière		(comic book "Charly") (as Lapière)
Raphaëlle Desplechin		uncredited
Antje Kneifel		translation: German
Alexander Kühne		translation: German
Christophe Morand		uncredited

Produced by
Dirk Beinhold	....	co-producer
Olivier Delbosc	....	producer
Marc Missonnier	....	producer

Original Music by
Gabriel Yared

Cinematography by
Michel Amathieu

Film Editing by
Noëlle Boisson

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Arnaud de Moleron		(as Arnaud de Moléron)

Costume Design by
Pascaline Chavanne

Makeup Department
Agnès Tassel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Laura Einmahl	....	unit manager
Julie Léger	....	post-production manager
Anne Lessnick	....	production leader: Germany
Marc Olla	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sophie Berger Forestier	....	second assistant director (as Sophie Berger-Forestier)
Marie Fischer	....	assistant director
Thierry Guézou	....	second assistant director
Corinne Le Hong	....	second assistant director
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Daniel Chour	....	assistant art director
Arthur Deleu	....	indoor props
Cécile Deleu	....	indoor props
Nicolas Doyon	....	construction coordinator
Birgit Esser	....	set decorator: Germany
Jean-Rene Gautier	....	outdoor props (as Jean-René Gauthier)
Lola Haertling	....	paint coordinator
Christophe Hervé	....	paint coordinator
Daniel Kolarov	....	property master
Manuel Mougin	....	accessorist
Bruno Peschard	....	accessorist
Emmanuel Prévot	....	second assistant decorator
Etienne Rohde	....	first assistant decorator
Volker Schäfer	....	art direction: Germany
Bruno Via	....	outdoor props

Sound Department
Yannick Boulot	....	sound recordist
Vincent Breau	....	boom operator
Boris Chapelle	....	assistant sound editor
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Charles Comino	....	trainee sound
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pierre Gamet	....	sound mixer
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Arnaud Julien	....	boom operator
Francis Wargnier	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Pascal Molina	....	special effects supervisor
Stan Walbert	....	software engineer: Intranet

Visual Effects by
Cyrille Bonjean	....	digital compositor
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Emmanuelle Carlier	....	visual effects coordinator
Nicolas Daniel	....	video operator: Duboi
Thierry Delobel	....	compositing supervisor
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
Thomas Duval	....	visual effects supervisor
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director
Philippe Huberdeau	....	digital compositor
Arcier Hugo	....	3D digital artist
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	imaging manager
Hamery Laurent	....	3D digital artist
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	digital artist
Didier le Fouest	....	digital colorist
Bruno Le Provost	....	3D supervisor
Cecile Peltier	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Rame	....	digital compositor
Aurore Rousset	....	animator
Georges Tornero	....	digital artist
Daniel Trujillo	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Berthier	....	first assistant camera
Justine Bourgade	....	second assistant camera
Isabelle Bregeaud	....	second assistant camera
Julie Conte	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Hervé Denis	....	gaffer
Rossi Handsley	....	key grip
Arnaud Hermeline	....	electrician
Hervé Labourdette	....	electrician
Nathalie Lao	....	assistant camera
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Denis Paillieux	....	electrician
Xavier Renaudot	....	gaffer
Vincent Richard	....	electrician

Casting Department
Anaïs Duran	....	casting assistant
François Guignard	....	casting assistant
Elisabeth Lecornu	....	casting: figuration Pau
Christine Saint-Cricq	....	casting: figuration Pau (as Christine Saint Cricq)
Caroline Steff	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Véronique Élise	....	costume assistant (as Véronique Elise)
Isabelle Guérin	....	costumer
Emma Lebail	....	wardrobe (as Emma Le Bail)

Editorial Department
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer
Laurent Pelé	....	on-line editor

Music Department
John Bell	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Saskia Arany	....	assistant to producer
Geoffroy de Boissezon	....	production assistant
Kerstin Dick	....	production accountant
Anaïs Duran	....	child acting coach
Marc Faye	....	location scout
Noëlle Forey	....	tutor: Roméo Botzaris
Jean-Emmanuel Graine	....	location scout
Caspar Heider	....	production coordinator
Raphaëlle Isnard	....	production secretary
Jean-Baptiste Jay	....	remote head technician
Harmel Sbraire	....	preparation coach: Roméo Botzaris (as Harmel Sbaire)
Élodie Van Beuren	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Michael Schmid-Ospach	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Fidélité Productions
• Akkord Film Produktion GmbH (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Pathé Distribution (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Ciné Cinémas (participation)
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (participation)
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (participation)
• Eurimages (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (participation)

Distributors

• Farbfilm-Verleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Galileo Medien AG (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Pathé (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Wise Policy (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Duboicolor

Also Known As:

Avion - Das Zauberflugzeug, L' (Germany)
Charly (France) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:94 min | France:100 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Germany:o.Al. (bw) | France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Magic Media Company, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Fidélité Productions

Free Flight

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

At last a REAL charming fantasy about a boy called Charley that's sugar free. Cedric Kahn's 'L'Avion' was, I suspect, made for the cost of about one reel of Tim gone-for-a-Burton's schmaltz that has successfully fooled a lot of people who should really know better that it's a half decent film. If small boys involved in charming albeit slightly fantastic situations are your thing then check this one out and forget that chocolate factory. Vincent Lindon, sans moustache, is husband to the luminous Isabelle Carre and father to Charley to whom he has promised a bicycle but brings instead a model airplane. Soon after that Pierre (Lindon) is killed and soon after THAT the model airplane becomes animated as if representing the spirit of the dead father. This is light years away from Kahn's last At Bat which was the stylish thriller Feux Rouges and he seems to be equally at home in both genres. Isabelle Carre will probably never get another part as good as Se Souvenirs des belles choses which was, of course, a once-in-a-lifetime role but she brings a quiet, gentle luminosity to everything she does as in this role of a young widow trying to deal with a child who may or may not be hallucinating. One of the strengths of this film is that it's not just the boy who experiences the strange inexplicable powers of the toy. Initially Charley's school friend, then his mother and finally authority figures all see and/or suffer the wrath of the plane. If there is at the end perhaps a nod to the if-you-build-it-he-will-come aspect of Field of Dreams that is not necessarily a bad thing - and incidentally FOD was yet ANOTHER example Burton would do well to study. It's dollars to donuts that the hype surrounding Burton's movie will totally eclipse any PR that this ten times better film will receive which makes it, alas, one for connoisseurs only.