La France (2007)
During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to dress herself up as a man so as to be able to take to the road on foot. As she lives near the Western Fromt she hooks up with a passing group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
Director:
Serge Bozon
Writer:
Axelle Ropert
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Sylvie Testud as Camille |
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Pascal Greggory as Le Lieutenant |
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Guillaume Depardieu as François |
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Guillaume Verdier as Le cadet |
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François Négret as Jacques |
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Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Elias |
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Laurent Talon as Antoine |
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Pierre Léon as Alfred |
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Benjamin Esdraffo as Pierre |
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Didier Brice as Sean |
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Laurent Lacotte as Frédéric |
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Bob Boisadan as Le guitariste |
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Lionel Turchi as Le violoniste |
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Laurent Valéro as Le bandonéoniste |
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Michel Fossiez as Le hautboïste |
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Emmanuel Levaufre as Le fils d'Elias |
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Cécile Reigher as Le soeur de Camille |
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Philippe Chemin as L'agent de liaison |
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Mehdi Zannad as La sentinelle |
| Art | Brigitte Brassart | Production Design |
| Production | David Thion | Producer |
| Writing | Axelle Ropert | Screenplay |
| Editing | François Quiqueré | Editor |
| Production | Stéphane Batut | Casting |
| Camera | Céline Bozon | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Serge Bozon | Director |