June, 1940. A handsome young soldier is looking for his unit when
he notices the beauty of the rural setting around him, an idyll marred
only by the presence of the occupying Germans. But life must go
on and the soldier notices a pleasing serenity in the world about him...
Cast: Roger Van Hool (Le soldat Laforêt),
Catherine Rouvel (Diane), Francisco Rabal (Paco), Fernand Sardou (Le vagabond), Bernard Haller (L'adjudant),
Jacques Rispal (Gillorgues),
Madeleine Vimes (Rosa),
Jacques Dynam (L'homme en exode), Nadia Barentin (La femme en exode), Henry Courseaux (Le cordonnier),
Sarah Hardenberg (La musicienne nue),
Christine Locquin (Une jeune fille),
Joëlle Fossier (Une jeune fille)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 97 min
Aka:Laforet the Soldier
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
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.
In his letters to his friends and family, Franz Kafka gives us a rich self-portrait that is surprisingly upbeat, nor the angst-ridden soul we might expect.