あらすじ
Céline (Sophie Marceau) must choose between Tarquin (Lambert Wilson) and Aurèle (Stéphane Fries) in this historical drama set during the French Civil War of 1793. The Republican Army decimated Western France when an insurgence of peasants, clergy, and aristocrats loyal to the Royalists staged a counterrevolution.
Source : allmovie.com
クレジット
監督 (1)
俳優 (30)
映画製作・配給会社 (4)
- 製作代表 : Partner's Production
- 共同製作 : Antenne 2
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- フランス国内配給 : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
クレジットタイトル詳細 (16)
- 製作代表 : Ariel Zeïtoun
- Screenwriters : Philippe De Broca, Daniel Boulanger, Jérôme Tonnerre
- フォトディレクター : Bernard Zitzermann
- 作曲家 : Georges Delerue
- 監督補佐 : Jean-Claude Ventura
- 編集担当 : Henri Lanoë
- Sound recordists : Jean-Charles Ruault, Jacques Thomas-Gérard
- Producers : Daniel Deschamps, Maurice Illouz, Ariel Zeïtoun
- 報道担当(映画) : Dominique Segall
- Assistant editors : Monique André, Renée Deschamps
- スクリプト : Carole Fèvre
- 装飾 : Tony Egry
- キャスティング : Shula Siegfried
- サウンド・ミキサー : Joël Beldent
- スチールマン : Jean-Pierre Fizet
- Location managers : Daniel Chabannes De Sars, Yves Dutheil, Olivier Hélie
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技術面詳細
- タイプ : 長編映画
- ジャンル : フィクション
- サブジャンル : アドベンチャー, 歴史的, 戦争
- 言語 : フランス語
- その他の国の共同制作者 : フランス (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : 不明
興行収入・公開作品
ニュース&アワード
映画祭でのセレクション (1)
セザール賞(フランス映画)
フランス, 1989
Best Costume Design : Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle
Most Promising Actor : Stéphane Freiss
受賞 (1)
About
Review
Adventure films and vibrant comedies were Philippe De Broca's specialty. Here Chouans! is to be pigeonholed in the first category. Set during a climactic moment in French history just after the French Revolution, it deals with two sons of a count (Philippe Noiret) who fight against each other. The first one is a partisan of the freshly new republic (Lambert Wilson) and wants to repel any rebellion against this new political scheme. The second one is on the aristocrats' side. Both also fight for the woman they love (Sophie Marceau). The squire who didn't want to be mingled with the political changes and the social turmoil that spreads in the country will fatally be caught up by the impending turn of events.
If several steps of the story may seem rough to you in their linking, blame it on a butchered editing. The original film clocked in at 4 hours but for evident commercial reasons, it was curtailed of one hour and a half. Hence a rough editing that gives a rather checkered film whose appeal is depleted. It's difficult sometimes to jump from one moment to another without any clear explanation or preparation to it like for instance when Wilson kills Marceau. This sequence comes at the most awkward moment and it's a little hard to swallow it.
But De Broca kept worthwhile elements. Lyricism that shrouds the film can be felt here, there and everywhere. Aesthetically, it's a refined piece of work with a clean cinematography, lavish costumes and lush scenery. Characters are highly well described, notably Philippe Noiret, a lucid, good-hearted earl who has faith in science. His witty cues command admiration. And one can admire the contrast between the high hopes following the birth of the Republic and the ruthless, violent means employed by its leaders, notably Lambert Wilson to suppress any rebellion, mostly from aristocrats.
Without this ill-fated editing, De Broca's piece of work could have taken its place in the restrained circle of the great French epics. It's acceptable stuff all the same but the filmmaker's finest films are chronologically behind him: Cartouche (1962), L'Homme De Rio (1964) or Les Tribulations d'Un Chinois en Chine (1965).
Source : IMDb