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Avril

  • 20062006
  • 1h 36m
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Avril (2006)
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Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the ... Read allAvril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the sadistic superior. The rule she imposes on the nuns is particularly strict but this is all... Read allAvril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the sadistic superior. The rule she imposes on the nuns is particularly strict but this is all Avril has ever known since she was born, for she was an abandoned child raised by the nun... Read all
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    • Director
      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
    • Writer
      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
    • Stars
      • Sophie Quinton
      • Miou-Miou
      • Nicolas Duvauchelle
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    • Director
      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
    • Writer
      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
    • Stars
      • Sophie Quinton
      • Miou-Miou
      • Nicolas Duvauchelle
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    • 7User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Sophie Quinton
    Sophie Quinton
    • Avril
    Miou-Miou
    Miou-Miou
    • Soeur Bernadette, formerly Flora Romano
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    • Pierre
    Clément Sibony
    Clément Sibony
    • David
    Richaud Valls
    • Jim
    Geneviève Casile
    • Mère Marie-Joseph
    Monique Mélinand
    • Soeur Céleste
    Anna Mihalcea
    Anna Mihalcea
    • Flora
    Claude Duty
    • Père Jean Diard
    Mathilde Mignot
    • Avril enfant
    Frédéric Quiring
    • Le père adoptif de David
    Marie Vinoy
    • La mère adoptive de David
    Milo Hustache-Mathieu
    • David enfant
    Gisèle Boiteux
    • Une Trappistine
    Denise Billot
    • Une Trappistine
    Marie-Ange Rougnon-Blasson
    • Une Trappistine
    Raymonde Genre-Jazelet
    • Une Trappistine
    Monique Bouheret
    • Une Trappistine
    • Director
      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
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      • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
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      Music by Christophe

      Lyrics by Christophe

      Performed by Christophe, also by Sophie Quinton, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Clément Sibony and Richaud Valls

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    3/10
    If Miou-Miou can't save it...
    ... then why bother seeing it, I say. This is an often-risible, hardly believable story of a novice who takes two weeks off to find her twin brother and herself in the Camargue (lovely shots of the beaches). I did not believe this story for one minute, although the actors are appealing, especially the broad-faced Sophie Quinton and slim, athletic Clément Sibony, who plays her brother.

    I suppose the French tradition of careful reconstruction of political, social or spiritual themes is now lost forever. I kept thinking wistfully of La Réligieuse, Thérèse, La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret, Le Journal d'un curé de campagne and any other film that crossed my mind as Avril unfolded before my disbelieving eyes. The last fifteen minutes were called absurd by some commenters, but I never found any solid ground in the picture. That Mother Superior was straight out of Bunuel.
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    • bob998
    • May 13, 2009

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    • Release date
      • June 14, 2006 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Haut et Court (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • April in Love
    • Filming locations
      • Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Dharamsala
      • CinéCinéma
      • Canal+
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    • Budget
      • €2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $681,056
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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