Loup (2009)

Director:

Nicolas Vanier

Writers:

Nicolas Vanier (writer)
Ariane Fert (writer)

Release Date:

9 December 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Sixteen year old Sergei is the son of Boris, the head of the Batagi clan of reindeer breeders. Awarded the title of herdsman...

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Nicolas Brioudes	...	Sergeï
Pom Klementieff	...	Nastazya
Min Man Ma	...	Nikolaï
Vantha Talisman	...	Anadya
Bernard Wong	...	Wladim
Gurgon Kyap	...	Mouriak
Kaveil Kem	...	Alexeiev
Vassiliev Guerassine	...	Moujouk

Directed by
Nicolas Vanier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ariane Fert		writer
Nicolas Vanier		writer

Produced by
Jean-Pierre Bailly	....	producer

Original Music by
Krishna Levy

Cinematography by
Laurent Charbonnier
Thierry Machado
Gérard Simon

Film Editing by
Serge Bourdeillettes

Production Design by
Nicolas Contre

Costume Design by
Adélaïde Gosselin

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Philippe Lenfant	....	unit manager
Caroline Maret	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
André Cavaillé	....	second assistant director
Anne Gilles	....	second assistant director
Denis Imbert	....	first assistant director
Catherine Olaya Salazar	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alexandre Chapuis	....	property master

Sound Department
Philippe Deschamps	....	sound editor
Ludovic Escallier	....	supervising sound editor
François Groult	....	sound re-recording mixer
Guillaume Valeix	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Pierre Biecher	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Nouredyne Amroun	....	first assistant camera
Sylvain Bardoux	....	key grip
Vincent Blasco	....	key grip
Pascal Doyen	....	gaffer
Aurélien Dubois	....	second assistant camera
Malek Krimed	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Paillard	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Rebatel	....	gaffer
Piotr Stadnicki	....	first assistant camera
Benjamin Vial	....	grip

Casting Department
Valentin Rodriguez	....	casting assistant

Music Department
Amélie de Chassey	....	music supervisor
Delphine Mathieu	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Rowan Harland	....	wolf trainer
Andrew Simpson	....	wolf coordinator
Sally Jo Sousa	....	wolf trainer
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• MC4 Productions (co-production)
• Pathé (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Taïga (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• France Télévision (participation)
• Kiosque (participation)
• Département de la Charente-Maritime (support)
• Région Poitou-Charentes (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)
• Procirep (in partnership with)
• Angoa-Agicoa (in partnership with)

Distributors

• Monopole-Pathé (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2010) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2010) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Wanda Visión S.A. (2010) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording

Also Known As:

"Der Junge und der Wolf" - Germany (DVD title)
"I syntrofia ton lykon" - Greece (DVD title)
"Loup - Uma Amizade para Sempre" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Lykos" - Greece (festival title)
"Wilk" - Poland (imdb display title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:NC-16

Company:

MC4 Productions

dance with wolves

This very good documentary was filmed on location in the north east of Siberia. It features a tribe called the "Evenes" who lives with rein-deers which get eaten by wolves. A member of the tribe, Sergueï is chosen by his peers to keep the rein-deers in summer and fall. One day, near his hut, he discovers a she-wolf with her offspring. He tries to tame them and manages to get closer to them. Later on, he meets the male but after the fall, comes what the tribe has always feared: a female deer is eaten by a wolf and some members want to avenge themselves by killing the beasts. As for Sergueï, he is torn between his love for the wolves and his duty to protect rein-deers.

Cinematography is absolutely dazzling, camera angles and a superb score enhance the impression of magnificence and it's a feat the director could manage to shoot this beautiful story in such a freezing surrounding. The denunciation of ecological disasters like deforestation was also one of the filmmaker's goals.

If you're tired of being manipulated by the Hollywood imperialism, why not having a break on the other side of the world with this harrowing story?