Fanny's Journey
Appearance
Fanny's Journey | |
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Le Voyage de Fanny | |
Directed by | Lola Doillon |
Screenplay by | Anne Peyregne Lola Doillon |
Based on | Le Journal de Fanny by Fanny Ben Ami |
Produced by | Saga Blanchard Marie de Lussigny |
Starring | Léonie Souchaud Fantine Harduin Juliane Lepoureau |
Cinematography | Pierre Cottereau |
Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
Music by | Sylvain Favre-Bulle |
Production companies | Origami Films Bee Films |
Distributed by | Metropolitan Filmexport (France) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | $7.5 million[1] |
Box office | $1.1 million[2] |
Fanny's Journey (original title: Le Voyage de Fanny) is a 2016 French-Belgian children's[3] war drama film co-written and directed by Lola Doillon. The film is inspired by an autobiographical book by Fanny Ben Ami.[4][5]
Plot
In Vichy France, 1943, a group of French Jewish children (who had been sheltered by the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants for three years) must now flee to neutral Switzerland, separated from any adults they can trust.[6]
Cast
- Léonie Souchaud as Fanny
- Fantine Harduin as Erika
- Juliane Lepoureau as Georgette
- Ryan Brodie as Victor
- Anaïs Meiringer as Diane
- Lou Lambrecht as Rachel
- Igor van Dessel as Maurice
- Malonn Lévana as Marie
- Lucien Khoury as Jacques
- Cécile de France as Madame Forman
- Stéphane De Groodt as Jean
- Elea Körner as Helga
- Alice D'Hauwe as Ethel
- Jérémie Petrus as Julien
Awards
The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival CineMondays,[7] and the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2017.[8]
References
- ^ "Le Voyage de Fanny". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "Le voyage de Fanny (Fanny's Journey)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Fanny's Journey [programme note]". BFI. 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
By keeping the worst events off screen, Fanny's Journey is accessible for a family audience and is an absorbing, inspiring tale of bravery and determination. Suitable for ages 8+.
- ^ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 1 June 2016.
- ^ "" Le Voyage de Fanny " : l'incroyable épopée d'une passeuse de 13 ans". Le Monde. 17 May 2016.
- ^ Julie Cadilhac (1 May 2016). "Le voyage de Fanny : neuf enfants, ensemble, contre l'adversité dans la France de 1943". La Grande Parade. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Audience Award Winners," Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
- ^ "2017 AJFF Audience Award Winners Announced". Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
External links
Categories:
- 2016 films
- 2010s war drama films
- French-language films
- French war drama films
- French children's films
- French films
- Belgian films
- Belgian drama films
- World War II films
- Films about children
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Films directed by Lola Doillon
- Films set in France
- Films set in the Alps
- Films set in 1943
- Films about the French Resistance
- Vichy France
- Holocaust films
- Drama films based on actual events
- World War II films based on actual events
- 2016 drama films
- 2010s French film stubs
- Belgian film stubs