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Jacquou le croquant
French movie poster
Directed byLaurent Boutonnat
Written byEugène Le Roy
Produced byDominique Boutonnat
Jean-Claude Fleury
Romain Le Grand
StarringGaspard Ulliel
Léo Legrand
CinematographyOlivier Cocaul
Edited byStan Collet
Music byLaurent Boutonnat
Distributed byPathé
Release dates
France:
17 January 2007
Running time
140 min
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench language

Jacquou le croquant is a 2007 French historical film. Set in the Dordogne during the Bourbon Restoration, it tells the story of a young peasant who leads a revolt against an evil nobleman. It was nominated for two César Awards in 2008.

Plot

Cast

  • Gaspard Ulliel as Jacquou (adult)
  • Léo Legrand as Jacquou (child)
  • Marie-Josée Croze as Jacquou's mother
  • Albert Dupontel as Jacquou's father
  • Tchéky Karyo as the Chevalier
  • Olivier Gourmet as the curé Bonal
  • Jocelyn Quivrin as the Count of Nansac
  • Malik Zidi as Touffu
  • Vincent Valladon as Touffu (child)
  • Gérald Thomassin as Le bigleux
  • Elliott Valence as Le bigleux (child)
  • Judith Davis as Lina
  • Clémence Gautier as Lina (child)
  • Bojana Panić as La galiote
  • Raisa Mihailescu as La galiote (child)
  • Dora Doll as Fantille
  • Jérôme Kircher as the Advocate
  • Renan Carteaux as the Baron Vallière
  • Jeff Esperansa as Mario
  • Théodore Isorni as the Jesuit

Reception

Variety gave the film a positive review, praising it as "feisty family fare" with "pleasingly Dickensian" themes.[1] Characterizing the film as a "handsomely mounted, old-fashioned mini-epic",[1] Variety singled out its cinematography for praise: "Painterly widescreen lensing wins the day. Shot in the burnished fields and rustic outcroppings of France and Romania, with a preference for classy amber and ochre tones, many scenes look like vintage etchings or oil paintings."[1]

Awards

The film was nominated for two César Awards in 2008.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Nesselson, Lisa (23 Mar 2007). ""Jacquou le Croquant (France-Germany)"". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  2. ^ "IMDB: Awards for Jacquou le croquant (2007)". Retrieved 2008-06-30.

References