La France (2007)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Serge Bozon

Writers:

Serge Bozon (writer)
Axelle Ropert (writer)

Release Date:

11 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance | War

Plot:

As the First World War echoes in the background, Camille lives peacefully in the North-East of France...

Plot Keywords:

France | Soldier | Female Dressed As Male | Country Name In Title | Song

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sylvie Testud	...	Camille
Pascal Greggory	...	Le Lieutenant
Guillaume Verdier	...	Le cadet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pascale Bodet	...	La fille de la colline
Bob Boisadan	...	Le guitariste
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Elias
Didier Brice	...	Jean
Philippe Chemin	...	L'agent de liaison
Guillaume Depardieu	...	François
Benjamin Esdraffo	...	Pierre
Michel Fossiez	...	Le hautboïste
Vincent Fraiscinet	...	Le gendarme
Laurent Lacotte	...	Frédéric
Pierre Léon	...	Alfred
Emmanuel Levaufre	...	Elias's son
François Négret	...	Jacques
Cécile Reigher	...	Camille's sister
Laurent Talon	...	Antoine
Lionel Turchi	...	Le violoniste
Laurent Valéro	...	Le bandonéoniste
Mehdi Zannad	...	La sentinelle

Directed by
Serge Bozon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Serge Bozon		writer
Axelle Ropert		writer

Produced by
Lola Gans	....	associate producer
Philippe Martin	....	producer
Géraldine Michelot	....	associate producer
David Thion	....	producer

Original Music by
Benjamin Esdraffo
Laurent Talon
Mehdi Zannad

Cinematography by
Céline Bozon

Film Editing by
François Quiqueré

Casting by
Stéphane Batut

Costume Design by
Renaud Legrand
Elisabeth Mehu

Makeup Department
Stéphane Malheu	....	hair stylist: Sylvie Testud
Francoise Sanner	....	special makeup effects artist
Michel Vautier	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Hélène Bastide	....	production manager
Marianne Gielara	....	assistant unit manager
David Hedrich	....	production secretary
Jérôme Petament	....	unit manager
Simon Vautier	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nadège Catenacci	....	trainee assistant director
Julie Gouet	....	second assistant director
Thomas Longuet	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mathieu Barnet	....	assistant decorator
Brigitte Brassart	....	set designer
Grégoire Chombard	....	constructor
Roland Ciprut	....	constructor
Lionel Claude	....	construction manager
Ludovic Garçon	....	constructor
Gurgon Kyap	....	constructor

Sound Department
André Cappello	....	sound recordist (as André Capello)
Mathieu Chatagnon	....	additional boom operator
Florian Fabre	....	assistant foley artist
Laurent Gabiot	....	sound mixer
Pauline Gaillard	....	sound editor
Eric Grattepain	....	foley artist
Adrien Guillemot	....	sound recordist
Gildas Mercier	....	post-synchronisation
Pierre-Yves Nussbaum	....	sound recordist
Loïc Pommiès	....	boom operator
Olivier Roche	....	sound recordist
Carole Verner	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Philippe Alleton	....	special effects assistant
Hervé Dajon	....	special effects assistant
Michel Gery	....	special effects assistant
Benoît Squizzato	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Béatrice Bauwens	....	visual effects coordinator
Sophie Denize	....	visual effects coordinator
Cédric Fayolle	....	visual effects supervisor
Mathieu Leclercq	....	color timer
Jean Baptiste Le Guen	....	scan and shoot

Stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunt coordinator
Gilles Conseil	....	stunt coordinator
Frédéric Dessains	....	stunt double
Sylvain Gabet	....	stunt double
Emilie Jumeaux	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Marion Befve	....	first assistant camera
Carole Bethuel	....	still photographer
Pierre Bonnet	....	gaffer
Justine Bourgade	....	assistant camera
Odile Euriat	....	second assistant camera
Gaston Grandin	....	grip
Morvan Omnes	....	key grip
Hervé Renoud-Lyay	....	grip (as Hervé Renoud-Lyat)
Didier Rollot	....	electrician (as Didier Rolot)

Casting Department
Stéphane Foenkinos	....	casting consultant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Véronique Gely	....	costumer
Clémence Abigaïl Grivelet	....	additional costumer (as Clémence Grivelet)

Editorial Department
David Hedrich	....	post-production assistant
Magalie Léonard	....	color timer
Sophie Lustière	....	color timer
Juliette Mallon	....	post-production coordinator
Vladimir Rodionov	....	assistant editor (as Vladimir Rodionoff)

Other crew
Chrystèle Bru	....	production assistant
David Faivre	....	animal coordinator
Florence Lemoine	....	production administrator
Chloé Lorenzi	....	press attache
Rémi Orain	....	assistant
Benjamin Pasquier	....	production administrator
Johanna Zerbib	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Les Films Pelléas
• Centre Images
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• CinéCinéma
• Cinémage
• Coficup
• Région Ile-de-France
• Soficas
• Soficinéma 3

Distributors

• Shellac Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• TV5 Monde (2008) (worldwide) (TV)

Other Companies

• Airstar  grip and lighting equipment
• Cinéphase  sound mixing
• D.C.A.  sound equipment
• Dinosaures  sound equipment
• Les Dames Augustines  foley
• M.O. Pour Mot  post-synchronisation (as Mot pour M.O.)
• Mikros Image  color grading
• Tapages  sound equipment

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Company:

Les Films Pelléas

Trivia:

Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#05, tied with "Zodiac")

No, You're Not Crazy

I aim the title at any who have seen this movie and had friends remind them that their mouth was hanging open as they viewed. To potential new viewers, let these remarks serve as a warning.

I will say that the musical element of the film was actually quite charming and wonderful in an absurd sort of way. It had absolutely nothing to do with the story line and initially contributed to our confusion. We soon abandoned all hope of understanding why anything occurred, but the musical interludes were always welcome.

Heaven forbid you are amongst a group or encounter others who feel the movie is worthy of analysis or discussion beyond: "What the hell was THAT all about?" It had some interesting moments, but since they never really contributed to understanding, I had to limit my rating to 3 stars.

I saw this with a large audience at the Seattle Int. Film Festival, a fairly sophisticated and accepting group of aficionados. Many still had mouths agape even as we filed out of the theater, as their disbelief and confusion was not easily overcome.