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User Rating:
6.9/10   294 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Abdel Kechiche (scenario and dialogue)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 February 2001 (France) more
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Awards:
7 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Marginalized France more (5 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Sami Bouajila ... Jallel

Élodie Bouchez ... Lucie
Bruno Lochet ... Franck

Aure Atika ... Nassera

Olivier Loustau ... Antonio
Virginie Darmon ... Leila
Mustapha Adouani ... Mostfa
Sami Zitouni ... Nono
Carole Franck ... Barbara
Jean-Michel Fête ... Philippe
Manuel Le Lièvre ... André
François Genty ... Paul
Meryem Serbah ... La marieuse (as Meriem Serbah)
Francis Arnaud ... Le fonctionnaire
Nejlb Nekales ... Hocine
Bilal Ali ... Le vendeur de roses
Martin Amic ... Benoît
Tonio Descanvelle ... Christophe
Michel Gionti ... J-P - le batteur du bal
Allain Naron ... Alain
Myriam Van Hove ... La chanteuse du bal
Philippe Huet ... Le guitariste
Mouloud Boukerche ... Mouloud
Marco Pallotta ... Kevin
Raphaël Pallotta ... Kevin
Jocelyne Maillard ... Infirmière hôpital 2
Valentine Boudles ... Infirmière hôpital 1
Beate Krien ... Infirmière hôpital 2
Joël Barbouth ... Fredo (as Joël Joseph Barbouth)
Manuel Weber ... Pascal
Michel Tastard ... Michel
Sonia Rifi ... Aïcha
Magali Barney ... Véronique
Jean-François Lepetit ... Le médecin
Charles Tordjman ... Le dépressif
Mireille Fox ... La dame de la Nation
Jean Guien ... L'homme de la Nation
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Directed by
Abdel Kechiche  (as Abdellatif Kechiche)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Abdel Kechiche  scenario and dialogue (as Abdellatif Kechiche)

Produced by
Jean-François Lepetit .... line producer
Jean-François Lepetit .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Dominique Brenguier 
Marie Spencer  (as Marie-Emmanuelle Spencer)
 
Film Editing by
Anick Baly  (as Annick Baly)
Tina Baz  (as Tina Baz-Legal)
Amina Mazani 
 
Casting by
Marie Cabot-David 
 
Production Design by
Quentin Prévost 
 
Costume Design by
Catherine d'Halluin 
 
Production Management
Bernard Brun .... post-production supervisor
Pierre Cordonnier .... unit manager
Eric Dangremont .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mario Caniglia .... second assistant director
Claire Lusseyrand .... assistant director
Sylvie Peyre .... first assistant director
Moritz von Blücher .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Benjamin Lavarone .... property master
Laurent Legall .... construction manager
 
Sound Department
Salim Amrani .... sound recordist
Emmanuel Angrand .... assistant sound editor
Pascal Chauvin .... foley artist
Rémy Crouzet .... assistant sound mixer
Stéphane De Rocquigny .... post synchronization
Eric Grattepain .... assistant foley artist
Eric Grattepain .... foley artist
Ludovic Hénault .... sound
Jean-Paul Hurier .... sound re-recording mixer
Eric LeGarçon .... assistant sound editor
Joël Riant .... sound
Valéry-Anne Sarcy .... sound editor (as Valérie-Anne Sarcy)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Baudrillart .... gaffer
Vincent Blasco .... key grip
Axel Cosnefroy .... first assistant camera
Tiphaine Helary .... first assistant camera
Mathilde Jaffre .... first assistant camera
Sophie Lelou Mollard .... electrician (as Sophie Mollard)
Arnaud Lemorillon .... still photographer
Alexandre Louis .... second assistant camera
Sergeï Lourié .... key grip
Thierry Manhiabal .... gaffer
Philippe Porte .... gaffer
Thierry Ramanana .... key grip
Luc Reyrolle .... electrician
Etienne Saldés .... key grip
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Hameau .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Antonella Bevenja .... assistant editor
Christophe Bousquet .... color timer
Claude Broutin .... assistant editor
Jean Durand .... color timer
Laurence Guzzo .... assistant editor
Ewa Lenkiewicz .... assistant editor
Muriel Sabaton .... assistant editor
Frédérique Sebille .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Bernard Brun .... production assistant
Corinne Cuyer .... production administrator
François Guerrar .... unit publicist
Rodolphe Lanaro .... location scout
Véronique Paris .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blame It on Voltaire (International: English title)
It's Voltaire's Fault (International: English title)
Poetical Refugee (USA)
Ett fritt land! (Sweden) [sv]
Tutta colpa di Voltaire (Italy) [it]
Wina Woltera (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
130 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Soundtrack:
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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Marginalized France, 20 May 2002
7/10
Author: stensson from Stockholm, Sweden

There is a French Film festival running in Stockholm now and the common distributors are to be blamed, not letting us see many of these films before. "La faute à Voltaire" is about a Tunisian immigrant, cheating his way through the French bureaucracy, and a mental hospital, but finding solidarity and real friendship among people living in the poorest conditions of Paris of today.

There is a beautiful love story also. The immigrant at the hospital meets a disturbed "nymphomaniac" girl, very well played by Èloudie Bouchez, and starts a somewhat destructive but not altogether destructive relation with her.

This is very far from common American and common Swedish film indeed. It is about real people.

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