Les diables

Name: Les diables
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-09-11
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Adèle Haenel, Vincent Rottiers, Rochdy Labidi

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.2K

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Drama

12-year-old siblings Joseph and Chloé have just been placed in another children's home. For years they were in the same or separate homes or on the run together. Chloé is autistic; she doesn... Read all12-year-old siblings Joseph and Chloé have just been placed in another children's home. For years they were in the same or separate homes or on the run together. Chloé is autistic; she doesn't talk, she feels panicked when touched, and eats only when told to do so. Joseph dearly ... Read all12-year-old siblings Joseph and Chloé have just been placed in another children's home. For years they were in the same or separate homes or on the run together. Chloé is autistic; she doesn't talk, she feels panicked when touched, and eats only when told to do so. Joseph dearly loves her and firmly thinks she needs him; the child psychiatrist agrees that he has a ver... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.2K

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Director
- Christophe Ruggia
Writers
- Olivier Lorelle
- Christophe Ruggia
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Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations

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Adèle Haenel and Vincent Rottiers in Les diables (2002)

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Trivia
In 2019, Adele Haenel came forward and accused director Christophe Ruggia of sexually harassing her during the filming of this movie. She was 12 at the time and nude in many scenes. Haenel claimed she was subjected to "forced kisses on the neck" and "repeated touching" from the film-maker who became obsessed with her. Ruggia at first strongly denied he had done anything wrong, but after being expelled from the French directors' guild he once led, he admitted to having made "errors," and said he did not see that his adulation and the "hopes I placed in her" might be distressing for her, given her young age. He then asked for her forgiveness.

Alternate versions
UK Version: 12 seconds were cut in requirement with the Protection of Children Act 1978.

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10/10

A great story about children's love, hate, dispair and hope.

I had a strange impression leaving the theater after "Les diables". I needed some hours to get back to reality. In some movies, you really have to convince yourself that the actors are really comedians, because they play in an amazing way.

This movie tell us about a little 12 years old boy, Joseph, who's trying to reach his parents' house with his autist sister, Chloe. Both are orpheans and Joseph is the only one who's able to manage his sister. They don't know where the house exactly is, but Chloe often makes a glass-mosaic representing the building. They will follow their path, purchased by cops and educating staff of different institutions.

I have to say that the rythme of the movie, the quality of the screenplay and, of course, the interpretation are all great, and left me the impression that, sometime, beauty is much more simple as what we believe.

A great and sober love movie, hope everybody will have the opportunity to see it.

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