Le Cancre
2016 French film
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Le Cancre is a 2016 French film directed and written by Paul Vecchiali. With this film, Paul Vecchiali shows the story of a man who revisits his past as much as that of a filmmaker who revisits a whole part of French cinema.
Directed byPaul Vecchiali
Written byPaul Vecchiali
Noël Simsolo
Noël Simsolo
Produced byThomas Ordonneau
Paul Vecchiali
Paul Vecchiali
StarringCatherine Deneuve
Paul Vecchiali
Paul Vecchiali
| Le Cancre | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Paul Vecchiali |
| Written by | Paul Vecchiali Noël Simsolo |
| Produced by | Thomas Ordonneau Paul Vecchiali |
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve Paul Vecchiali |
| Cinematography | Philippe Bottiglione |
| Edited by | Vincent Commaret Paul Vecchiali |
| Music by | Roland Vincent |
Production companies | Dialectik Shellac Sud |
| Distributed by | Shellac |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
The film follows the adversarial relationship between a father and son, both incurably emotional. The father is haunted by the memory of Marguerite, the great love of his youth, and he lives only in the hope of finding her. The son however is somewhat lost in his life, and later takes the measure of his attachment to his grandfather.
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Marguerite
- Paul Vecchiali as Rodolphe
- Mathieu Amalric as Boris
- Édith Scob as Sarah
- Annie Cordy as Christiane
- Françoise Lebrun as Valentine
- Françoise Arnoul as Mimi
- Pascal Cervo as Laurent
- Noël Simsolo as Ferdinand
- Raphaël Neal as Alex
- Pierre Sénélas as Pierre
- Marianne Basler as Suzanne
Production
The film started shooting on 5 October 2015.[1]
