Versailles (2008)

A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Their tentative lifestyle eventually leads them to Versailles. Out in the woods near the... See full summary »

Director:

Pierre Schoeller

Writer:

Pierre Schoeller

Stars:

Guillaume Depardieu, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Judith Chemla

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Guillaume Depardieu	...	Damien
Max Baissette de Malglaive	...	Enzo child
Judith Chemla	...	Nina
Aure Atika	...	Nadine
Patrick Descamps	...	Jean-Jacques
Brigitte Sy	...	Mme Herchel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elya Birman	...	Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Franc Bruneau	...	P'tit Louis
Alice Butaud	...	Isabelle
Jean-Pierre Cerra	...	Le gardien du parc
Paule Danet	...	Madame
Frédéric Dimnet	...	L'employé de mairie
Arnaud Duléry	...	L'emplyé de la station service (as Arnaud Dulery)
Philippe Dupagne	...	Tony
Norbert Ferrer

Storyline

A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Their tentative lifestyle eventually leads them to Versailles. Out in the woods near the palace, they encounter a man named Damien who lives cut off from the rest of the world. Nina and Enzo decide to take refuge with him over night. The next morning, Nina appears to have dissappeared. As days and seasons pass, Damien and Enzo grow fond of each other, unaware that one day they will have to leave the safe haven of the hut.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | place name in title | city name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 August 2008 (France)

Also Known As:

Versalles

Filming Locations:

Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Box Office

Budget:

€2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Pelléas, Région Ile-de-France, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color (HDCAM)

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Guillaume Depardieu - Es ist die Hölle! (2010)

User Reviews

DVD without subtitles

Although the film (or what I could made up of it) es nice, touching and well acted, French DVD lacks subtitles and it's a pity. I don't understand why they do this, preventing all of us to buy their products. So, if you want to understand the whole of it, you'll have to wait until the film is available in your not French speaking country. Hmmm! That's too bad!

On the other hand, the story is compelling, realistic and has an extra interest: the cast is magnificent. They all are great actors, including the boy. We can also see one of the last performances Guilaume Depardieu made before his premature death (aged 37). Photograph, sometimes too dark, but effective, music nice, etc. Just the problem with the subtitles made me give the film so low a vote.