La Saison des orphelins (2008)
Directed by David Tardé

Drama / Thriller

Film Synopsis

Alexandre Gérard is perturbed when, one day, he receives an anonymous photograph.  It is a picture of himself as a young boy, tied to a chair with an expression of horror on his face.  Confused memories resurface in Alexandre's mind and he feels compelled to return to the isolated country house which served as an orphanage for him and several other boys thirty years ago.  The locals remember a day when all of the boys - except Alexandre - mysteriously disappeared.  At the time, Alexandre was in a state of complete amnesia and had no knowledge of what had happened.  The mystery of that fateful day has remained intact for three decades.  Now it is time to discover the truth...
© James Travers
The above content is owned by frenchfilms.org and must not be copied.


Film Credits

  • Director: David Tardé
  • Script: David Tardé
  • Cinematographer: Antoine Manichon
  • Cast: Laurent Lucas (Alexandre Gérard), Aurélien Recoing (Achille), Jordan Chemama (Alexandre Gérard enfant), Anne Cressent (The mother), Gabrielle Lazure (L'institutrice), Valérie Mairesse (Claudie), Jeanne Massart (La tondue), Philippe Nahon (Fournier), Philippe Ohrel (Ewers), Sebastien Simon (The policeman)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 100 min

The very best fantasy films in French cinema
sb-img-30
Whilst the horror genre is under-represented in French cinema, there are still a fair number of weird and wonderful forays into the realms of fantasy.
The greatest French Films of all time
sb-img-4
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
The best French Films of the 1920s
sb-img-3
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
sb-img-0
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.
The best French war films ever made
sb-img-6
For a nation that was badly scarred by both World Wars, is it so surprising that some of the most profound and poignant war films were made in France?
 

Other things to look at


Copyright © frenchfilms.org 1998-2024
All rights reserved



All content on this page is protected by copyright