Eva & Leon (French title: L'Echappée Belle) is a 2015 French drama film written and directed by Émilie Cherpitel.[1] The movie was a submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
| Eva & Leon | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Émilie Cherpitel |
| Written by | Émilie Cherpitel |
| Produced by | Candice Zaccagnino |
| Starring | Clotilde Hesme Florian Lemaire |
| Cinematography | Laurent Machuel |
| Edited by | Guerric Catala |
| Music by | Jonathan Morali |
Production company | ElianeAntoinette |
| Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
editThe movie is about a privileged woman and an orphaned boy who become friends.
Leon and his older brother, Arnaud, were abandoned in a park in Lyon.
They are seen as outcasts by a social worker, who considers both the brothers mentally ill and the only solution is sending them to a children’s home.
With the help of two teachers, Leon and Arnaud are put in an English-language school run by a kind but rough-around-the-edges teacher called Isabelle (Nicole Delecroix).
Cast
edit- Clotilde Hesme as Eva
- Florian Lemaire as Léon
- Peter Coyote as The father
- Keziah Jones as John
- Clotilde Courau as Lucie
- Yannick Choirat as Simon
- Idit Cebula as Madame Agostini
- Grégoire Bonnet as a psychiatrist
- Joséphine de La Baume as Simone
- Christophe Dimitri Réveille as Jérôme
- Frédéric Beigbeder as Richard
- David Serero as the Italian Crooner
References
edit- ^ "Eva & Leon: The fable of the chance encounter". Cineuropa. 18 June 2015.
External links
edit- Eva & Leon at IMDb
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