Fort Saganne (1984)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Alain Corneau

Escritores:

Alain Corneau (adaptation)
Alain Corneau (dialogue)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

11 mayo 1984 (France)

Género:

Drama | Historia | Guerra

Plot:

French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Historical | Algeria | Female Nudity | Foreign Legion

Premios:

5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Mediocre

Reparto

Gérard Depardieu	...	Charles Saganne
Philippe Noiret	...	Dubreuilh
Catherine Deneuve	...	Louise
Sophie Marceau	...	Madeleine of Saint-Ilette
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Baculard
Roger Dumas	...	Vulpi
Jean-Louis Richard	...	Flammarin
Jean-Laurent Cochet	...	Bertozza
Pierre Tornade	...	Charles' Father
Saïd Amadis	...	Amajar
René Clermont	...	Monsieur de Saint-Ilette
Philippe Deplanche
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Courette
Sophie Grimaldi	...	Lady of Saint-Ilette
Florent Pagny	...	Lucien

También conocida como:

Fort Saganne (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

180 min | Argentina:182 min | Canada:185 min | France:154 min (cut version) | UK:175 min

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | France:U | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Abbaye du Moncel, Pontpoint, Oise, France

Compañía:

Albina Productions S.a.r.l.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Joyeuses Pâques (1984)

Mediocre

I watched it on DVD, what I bought in Kiosk, for 1.2 Euro - initially, it was twice so, but they dropped price, you know why... It was 180 min version. Story was interesting for me, because I didn't know almost anything about French involvement in Sahara and around.

Main problem of movie is direction, by me, combined with script. Scenes are simple not enough convincing, and pace is often slow. Look for instance situation when Madeleine takes horse and rides, then Sagan's reaction. All it looked too hermetic, without emotions. And there is lot of such ones. Probably worst (for viewer) is finale on battlefield. it (and he) looked so dumb, that I wished that they kill him (and was of course predictable like hell).

OK. Things changes lot in past 90 years, and we look different on word 'hero' now. Maybe WWI was that point where it turned significantly - with all war technique there was no place for heroes, just for millions of dead bodies. Film is not bad in all, but for a really good French war movie I'd recommend "Un long dimanche..."