Les petites fugues (1979)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Yves Yersin

Writers:

Claude Muret (writer)
Yves Yersin (writer)

Release Date:

27 January 1979 (Switzerland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Generation Gap | Gas Station | Train | Farming | Swiss Alps

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Michel Robin	...	Pipe
Fabienne Barraud	...	Josiane
Fred Personne	...	John
Dore De Rosa	...	Luigi
Mista Préchac	...	Rose
Laurent Sandoz	...	Alain
Nicole Vautier	...	Marianne
Léo Maillard	...	Stephane
Pierre Bovet	...	Le facteur
Roland Amstutz	...	Le conseiller en gestion
Maurice Buffat	...	Le garde-police
Yvette Théraulaz	...	La pompiste
Joseph Leiser	...	Le contremaître de la fabrique de chocolat
Gerald Battiaz	...	Le coureur moto 32
Martine Simon	...	Bica
Michel Fidanza	...	Un mécanicien
Frédéric Erni	...	Un mécanicien
Pierre Malkini	...	Le présentateur du concours
Thérèse Storck	...	Miss moto
Jean-Marie Verselle	...	Un voisin de table
Jean Schlegel	...	Un voisin de table (as Jan Schlegel)
Marcel Robert	...	Un voisin de table
Marc Pache	...	Le jeune motard élégant
Serge Maillard	...	Le marié
Roger Cunéo	...	Le petit homme furieux
Jenny Ferreux	...	La dame à la moutarde (as Jeanne Ferreux)
Raymond Barrat	...	Le gendarme-chef
Gilbert Isnard	...	Un gendarme
Pierre Arbel	...	Le garçon de café
Maurice Aufair	...	Le boulanger
Bernd van Doornick	...	Le pilote de l'hélicoptère

Directed by
Yves Yersin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claude Muret		writer
Yves Yersin		writer

Produced by
Donat Keusch	....	producer

Original Music by
Leon Francioli

Cinematography by
Robert Alazraki

Film Editing by
Yves Yersin

Production Management
Robert Boner	....	executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-Daniel Bloesch	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Luc Yersin	....	sound designer

Music Department
Jean-François Farjon	....	composer: theme music

Production Companies

• Film et Vidéo Collectif S.A.
• Filmkollektiv Zürich AG
• France 3 (FR 3)
• Les Films 2000
• Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR)

Distributors

• New Yorker Films (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

Kis kiruccanások (Hungary) [hu]
Kleine Fluchten (West Germany) [de]
Piccole fughe (Italy) [it]
Pienet seikkailut (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

Switzerland | France

Language:

French | German | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (cut) | Australia:R (original rating) | Finland:S | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Arnex-sur-Orbe, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland

Company:

Film et Vidéo Collectif S.A.

Why don't broadcast companies give this beautiful more attention?

Les petites fugues is a marvellous movie. It's theme is serious, it's tone is light. The principal person of the movie is an old farmhand on an isolated farm in Switzerland. He buys himself a moped and along with it freedom (and not only) of movement. At first he enjoys his freedom, but later on he discovers that he cannot handle it very well. Strong points of this movie are : - The acting of Michel Robin - Many scenes are very hilarious, for instance the driving lessons; the party at the motor races etc. - Beautiful camerawork; in one instance even stunning. When the farmhand makes his first trip on his own the camera follows him in "birdsview" and by enlarging the distance the landscape opens up more and more thus symbolising in a convincing way the freedom he has gained. - The movie is very likable. Here in the Netherlands we can receive about 20 channels which broadcast movies. I cannot remember that this movie has been programmed in the last 10 years. I cannot understand why such a nice and accessible movie gets so little attention. It made me wonder if it's still available; many "Filmencyclopedies" don't mention it anymore. I'm glad I found it in the IMDB