L'Incroyable Histoire du facteur Cheval (2019)
Fin XIXème, Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, est un simple facteur qui parcourt chaque jour la Drôme, de village en village. Solitaire, il est bouleversé quand il rencontre la femme de sa vie, Philomène. De leur union naît Alice. Pour cette enfant qu’il aime plus que tout, Cheval se jette alors dans un pari fou : lui construire de ses propres mains, un incroyable palais. Jamais épargné par les épreuves de la vie, cet homme ordinaire n’abandonnera pas et consacrera 33 ans à bâtir une œuvre extraordinaire : « Le Palais idéal », premier monument d’art naïf.
Directeur:
Nils Tavernier
écrivains:
Nils Tavernier, Laurent Bertoni, Fanny Desmarès.
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Jacques Gamblin as Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, aka 'Le facteur Cheval' |
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Laetitia Casta as Philomène Cheval |
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Florence Thomassin as Félicienne |
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Bernard Le Coq as Auguste |
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Natacha Lindinger as Garance |
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Zélie Rixhon as Alice Cheval |
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Éric Savin as Joseph Cadier |
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Louka Petit-Taborelli as Cyrille Cheval |
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Aurélien Wiik as Benjamin Lecoeur |
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Julien Personnaz as Louis Charvat, photographer |
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Lilly Rose Debos as Alice Cheval at 12 |
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Delphine Lacheteau as Alice Cheval at 22 |
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Milo Mazé as Cyrille at 7 |
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Barthélemy Boccara Fechner as Village boy |
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Franck Adrien as Doctor |
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Thomas Baillet as Eugène |
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Mélanie Baxter-Jones as Rosalie Cheval |
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Alain Blazquez as Jean-Louis Revol |
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Pasquale D'Inca as Lucien Quampoix |
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Bernard Villanueva as Mayor of Hauterives |
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Philippe Baron as Priest |
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Christiane Cayre as Grandmother at funeral |
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Fanny Desmarès as Little lady at funeral |
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Julien Reneaut as Bar waiter |
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Ugo Ugolini as Villager |
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Gerhardt Comblet as Villager |
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Marc Perrone as Accordionist at the wedding |
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Marie-Odile Chantran as Musician at wedding |
| Art | Jérémy Duchier | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Anne Hum | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thierry Delettre | Costume Design |
| Production | Alexandra Fechner | Producer |
| Art | Charlotte Luneau | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Thomas Pietrucci | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Nils Tavernier | Director |
| Writing | Nils Tavernier | Screenplay |
| Production | Véronique Lamarche | Production Director |
| Sound | Pierre Colleu | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marion Monestier | Editor |
| Writing | Laurent Bertoni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fanny Desmarès | Screenplay |
| Production | Martin Rougier | Casting Director |
| Lighting | William Gally | Gaffer |
| Writing | Fanny Desmarès | Idea |
| Directing | Amandine Escoffier | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vincent Gallot | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Baptiste Colleu | Original Music Composer |