Les égarés (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

André Téchiné

Writers:

Gilles Perrault (novel)
Gilles Taurand (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 August 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Emmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children. A teenaged boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Exodus | Forest | Panic | Teacher

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart	...	Odile
Gaspard Ulliel	...	Jean Delgas alias Yvan
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet	...	Philippe
Clémence Meyer	...	Cathy
Samuel Labarthe	...	Robert
Jean Fornerod	...	Georges
Eric Kreikenmayer	...	Le garde
Nicholas Mead	...	Le soldat blesse
Robert Eliot	...	Le jeune gendarme
Nigel Hollidge	...	Le réfugie

Directed by
André Téchiné

Writing credits
Gilles Perrault		(novel "Le Garçon aus Yeux Gris")
Gilles Taurand		(screenplay, adaptation and dialogue) &
André Téchiné		(screenplay, adaptation and dialogue)

Produced by
Adam Betteridge	....	executive producer
Michael Cowan	....	co-producer (as Michaël Cowan)
Pierre Héros	....	co-producer
Alex Marshall	....	associate producer
Jason Piette	....	co-producer
Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi	....	producer
David Rogers	....	executive producer
Jonathan Vanger	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Philippe Sarde

Cinematography by
Agnès Godard

Film Editing by
Martine Giordano

Casting by
Jacques Grant

Production Design by
Zé Branco

Costume Design by
Christian Gasc

Makeup Department
Cédric Gérard	....	key makeup artist
Suzanne Jansen	....	key hair stylist
Isabelle Luzet	....	key hair stylist
Olivier Seyfrid	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Guillaume Bounaud	....	unit manager trainee
Muriel Delcayre	....	post-production manager
Daniel Szuster	....	production manager
Bruno Vignier	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sandra Mainguené	....	first assistant director
Yann Saint-Pé	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Virginie Le Romain	....	assistant to art director

Sound Department
Jean-Raphaël Dedieu	....	sound editor
Geraldine Falieu	....	sound edit assistant
Gilles Fargout	....	dialog editor
Olivier Goinard	....	supervising sound editor
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound
Yves-Marie Omnes	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Alan Church	....	visual effects supervisor
Simon Giles	....	visual effects producer
Foad Shah	....	digital compositor
Mark Slade	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Emilie Lelouch	....	stunts
Claire Leroy	....	stunts
Stéphane Margot	....	stunts
Barbara Pruvosd	....	stunts
Catherine Robert	....	stunts
Thierry Saelens	....	stunt coordinator
Alain Vanneville	....	stunts
Daniel Vérité	....	stunt coordinator
Julien Vérité	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-François Baumard	....	still photographer
Tony Chapuis	....	second assistant camera
Sébastien Joffard	....	assistant camera
Lionel Perrin	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Meriem Amari	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurence Guindollet	....	wardrobe (as Laurence Michelland Guindollet)

Editorial Department
Camille Toubkis	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Jean-Pierre Azéma	....	historical consultant
Shirine Best	....	development assistant: UK
Sarah Devos	....	script supervisor assistant
Mel Hider	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan and Mr. Piette
Richard Hyland	....	production accountant: UK
Emily Kyriakides	....	assistant to producer: UK
Mario Luraschi	....	horse master
Lucy Shuttleworth	....	development executive: UK
Claudine Taulère	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Monique Wittig	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• FIT Productions
• Spice Factory (as Spice Factory)
• France 2 Cinéma
• Canal+ (participation)
• Gimages 6 (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées (participation)

Distributors

• Wild Bunch (2003) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Mars Distribution (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2004) (France) (DVD)
• Frenetic Films (2003-2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• KinoVista (2008) (Algeria) (TV)
• KinoVista (2008) (Morocco) (TV)
• KinoVista (2008) (Tunisia) (TV)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Primer Plano Film Group (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Wellspring Media (2004) (USA) (subtitled)

Special Effects

• Hypnosis VFX Ltd. (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Pro Arte Orchestra of London  orchestra
• Éditions Fayard  book publisher

Also Known As:

Strayed (Europe: English title) (International: English title)
Le garçon aux yeux gris (France) (working title)
Anjo da Guerra (Brazil) [pt]
Fugitivos (Spain) [es]
Lejos del mundo (Argentina) [es]
Makria ap' ta matia tou kosmou (Greece) [el]
Yoldan çikanlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

Runtime:

France:95 min | USA:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-15 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Castres, Tarn, France

Company:

FIT Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Zum ziele fuehrt dich diese Bahn

Answers to a few questions

Being French and somewhat interested in history, I think I can give my 2 bits on a few questions about this movie:

Why does the kid sing a song in German? My idea is that because friendship between France and Germany is now so sacro-saint, the director felt the need to remind viewers that all this was past history and we are now the best of friends. I think this was necessary because of the very graphic and terrifying scenes of refugees being bombed by German planes.

Historical movie or individual adventure? I think both. The story is one of individuals cut off from the rest of the world, but the atmosphere of chaos, of loss of values, of breakdown of civilization, of not knowing where to go or what to do, appears to be representative of the way the people who lived through the events felt about them. Gaspard Ulliel, who seems to appear out of nowhere, as if a product of the times, personifies very well this feeling of chaos. Some also lived that period as a holiday from their everyday lives - if they were unattached and could fend for themselves. Alphonse Boudard's autobiographical book "Les combattants du petit bonheur" captures that outlook.

The fact that they are cut off from the rest of the world makes the movie more present, like something that could be happening here and now. Most of the time you don't get the usual distraction of local color - costumes, old cars, etc- to show that this really is the past. Personally I get annoyed at movies that use sepia coloring, or historical allusions like famous news radio broadcasts so that you can't forget for a moment the distance between then and now.

Moreover I think this movie fits into a trend of recent studies of history. A lot of books or documentaries on historical events stress the importance of understanding individual experiences to get a glimpse of the big picture.