War in the Highlands

War in the Highlands (French: La Guerre dans le Haut Pays) is a 1998 war drama film written and directed by Francis Reusser and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is a co-production between Switzerland, France and Belgium and it is based on the 1915 novel La Guerre dans le Haut-Pays by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, concerning Switzerland in the Napoleonic era. The film was released theatrically in Switzerland on 7 October 1998, and in France on 5 May 1999.

FrenchLa Guerre dans le Haut Pays

Directed byFrancis Reusser

Written by

• Francis Reusser^[1]
• Jean-Claude Carrière^[1]
• Emmanuelle de Riedmatten^[1]

Based on

La Guerre dans le Haut Pays
by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz

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War in the Highlands
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French	La Guerre dans le Haut Pays
Directed by	Francis Reusser
Written by	Francis Reusser[1] Jean-Claude Carrière[1] Emmanuelle de Riedmatten[1]
Based on	La Guerre dans le Haut Pays by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
Produced by	Gérard Ruey[1] Jean-Louis Porchet[1]
Starring	Marion Cotillard Yann Trégouët François Marthouret Antoine Basler François Morel Laurent Terzieff
Cinematography	Christophe Beaucarne[1]
Edited by	Jacques Witta[1]
Music by	Jean-François Monot[1]
Production companies	Arena Films[1] CAB Productions[1] Saga Film[1] Radio Télévision Suisse[2]
Distributed by	Frenetic Films (Switzerland)[2] Rezo Films (France)[2] Cooperative Nouveau Cinéma (Belgium)[2]
Release dates	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07) (Switzerland)[3] 5 May 1999 (1999-05-05) (France)[1]
Running time	105 minutes[4]
Countries	Switzerland[4] France[4] Belgium[4]
Language	French[2]
Budget	4,8 million francs[3]

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The film competed for the Golden Bear at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, but it was not nominated. Cotillard won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Autrans Mountain Film Festival for her performance.