Le renard et l'enfant (2007)

It has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.

Director:

Luc Jacquet

Writers:

Luc Jacquet, Eric Rognard

Stars:

Bertille Noël-Bruneau, Isabelle Carré, Thomas Laliberté

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bertille Noël-Bruneau	...	L'enfant
Isabelle Carré	...	Narrator / L'enfant adulte
Thomas Laliberté	...	Le petit garçon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ambra Angiolini	...	Narrator (voice)
Camille Lambert	...	Judie
Kate Winslet	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

It has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.

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Plot Keywords:

fox | nature | plaster cast | minimal dialogue | book | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Buena Vista International [fr] Official site [jp]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fox and the Child

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£132,441 (UK) (8 August 2008)

Gross:

£132,441 (UK) (8 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bonne Pioche, France 3 Cinéma, Wild Bunch

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Luc Jacquet stated that 'Le Renard et l'enfant' is inspired by an early similar experience of his.

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Friends: Prashant Prabhakar (2013)

User Reviews

Beauty

The very first image of the movie shows a mountain ridge in early morning autumn mist, and my thought was: "This is almost too beautiful." And it goes on like this: Images of landscape and animals that look like a series of romantic paintings, each of them perfect in every detail. Even the girl's room, her father's car - everything is nostalgic, romantic, beautiful. This could seem outdated and escapistic, but it fits a story that is itself of silent beauty, happening on the border between life and fairy tale, between Dian Fossey and Le Petit Prince. I enjoyed every minute of it. The extreme parsimony of the movie, having a simple, slow story, just one actor and hardly any special effects, exerted a strong magic. I therefore find it deplorable that this parsimony is given up in the last minutes, when suddenly two additional actors (the girl as a grown-up woman, and her son) are introduced. Another shortcoming is the music, which is often intrusive, Hollywood-like, and sometimes inappropriate: I couldn't bring an English pop-song together with French mountain glory. I went to the movie together with my two small daughters, but I recommend it to adults as well, given that they appreciate this kind of movie. Obviously, not everybody does.