The Guardians (2017)
In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
Director:
Xavier Beauvois
Writers:
Marie-Julie Maille, Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau.
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Nathalie Baye as Hortense Sandrail |
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Laura Smet as Solange |
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Iris Bry as Francine Riant |
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Cyril Descours as Georges Sandrail |
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Olivier Rabourdin as Clovis |
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Gilbert Bonneau as Henri Sandrail |
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Nicolas Giraud as Constant Sandrail |
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Mathilde Viseux as Marguerite Sandrail |
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Ophélie-Marion Debiais as |
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Xavier Maly as Edgar |
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Marie-Julie Maille as La Monette |
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Madeleine Beauvois as Jeanne, la fille de la Monette |
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Alain Artur as Le maire |
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Adrien Denizou as Le maire de la Monette |
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Yann Bean as John |
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Laurence Havard as Suzanne |
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Katia Henkel as La gouvernante |
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Anne-Cécile Le Quere as L'institutrice |
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Viviane Pavillon as La boulangère |
| Directing | Xavier Beauvois | Director |
| Writing | Marie-Julie Maille | Screenplay |
| Writing | Xavier Beauvois | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frédérique Moreau | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ernest Pérochon | Novel |
| Production | Benoît Quainon | Producer |
| Production | Sylvie Pialat | Producer |
| Camera | Caroline Champetier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yann Megard | Production Design |
| Production | Karen Hottois | Casting |
| Directing | Agathe Grau | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anaïs Romand | Costume Design |
| Editing | Marie-Julie Maille | Editor |
| Production | Pauline Gygax | Co-Producer |
| Production | Max Karli | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vivien Aslanian | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michel Merkt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Romain Le Grand | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gilles Sitbon | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Blumental | Associate Producer |