Savage Souls (French: Les âmes fortes) is a 2001 French costume drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is based on the 1949 novel Les Âmes fortes by Jean Giono. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
| Savage Souls | |
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| Directed by | Raúl Ruiz |
| Screenplay by | Alexandre Astruc Mitchell Hooper Alain Majani d'Inguimbert Eric Neuhoff |
| Based on | Les Âmes fortes by Jean Giono |
| Produced by | Dimitri de Clercq Marc de Lassus Saint-Geniès |
| Starring | Laetitia Casta |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Edited by | Béatrice Clérico Valeria Sarmiento |
| Distributed by | Gemini Films (France) JMH Distribution (Switzerland) |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $4.9 million |
| Box office | $1.7 million[1] |
Cast
edit- Laetitia Casta as Thérèse
- Frédéric Diefenthal as Firmin
- Arielle Dombasle as Madame Numance
- John Malkovich as Monsieur Numance
- Charles Berling as Reveillard
- Johan Leysen as Rampal
- Édith Scob as Première femme veillée
- Christian Vadim as Le pasteur
- Carlos Lopez as Le muet
- Monique Mélinand as Thérèse âgée
- Jacqueline Staup as Deuxième femme veillée
- Corine Blue as Jeune femme veillée
- Aimé Lebedel as Vieux chanteur
- Nathalie Boutefeu as Charlotte
- Marc Dantes as Forgerons
References
edit- ^ "Les Âmes fortes (2001)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Savage Souls". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
External links
edit- Savage Souls at IMDb
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