Jacquou le croquant (2007)

Jacquou is a determined and attractive young man who transforms his vow of vengeance into a struggle against injustice.

Director:

Laurent Boutonnat

Writer:

Eugène Le Roy (novel)

Stars:

Gaspard Ulliel, Léo Legrand, Marie-Josée Croze

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gaspard Ulliel	...	Jacquou adulte
Léo Legrand	...	Jacquou enfant
Marie-Josée Croze	...	La mère de Jacquou
Albert Dupontel	...	Le père de Jacquou
Tchéky Karyo	...	Le chevalier
Olivier Gourmet	...	Le curé Bonal
Jocelyn Quivrin	...	Le comte de Nansac
Malik Zidi	...	Touffu
Gérald Thomassin	...	Le bigleux
Judith Davis	...	Lina
Bojana Panic	...	Gallienne de Nansac (la galiote)
Dora Doll	...	Fantille
Jérôme Kircher	...	Vidal, l'avocat
Vincent Valladon	...	Touffu 10 ans
Elliott Valence	...	Le bigleux à 10 ans

Storyline

Jacquou is a determined and attractive young man who transforms his vow of vengeance into a struggle against injustice.

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Plot Keywords:

whipping | perigord | remake | based on novel | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Jacquou le croquant (1969)

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Soundtracks

Devant soi
Performed by Mylène Farmer
Lyrics by Mylène Farmer
Music by Laurent Boutonnat

User Reviews

A motion picture with no story but with beautiful photography

I had the memory of a "Jacquou Le Croquant", hero of a TV mini-series of my childhood, who had lost his parents by the fault of an aristocrat and more generally because of the post-Napoleonean social classes system, and who came to a revenge by leading a revolt especially against that social system and against the man which incarnates the cause of the tragedy of his family. On the basis of that, one expects to see a social fresco full of various emotions that goes along with the rich History of France of that period: tragedy, love, revenge, popular revolt (revolution against the established order), freedom seeking, and other great emotions which accompany this kind of epic stories… But it is not the case.

The narration is too slow and really insipid. The actors are just as pale as the story and its rhythm. What a waist for such a beautifully photographed picture! If one can afford to see Laurent Boutonnat's version of "Jacquou" is solely because it's good-looking at. Costumes and the decoration are really really superb! The director definitely is a good director of photography, and even a good soundtrack composer but certainly not a storyteller, definitely not a director.

Details

Official Sites:

Pathé [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

17 January 2007 (France)

Also Known As:

A szegények hercege

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,700,780

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pathé Renn Productions, Heathcliff, TF1 Films Production