Les Naufragés de la D17 (2002) Directed by Luc Moullet
Comedy
aka: Shipwrecked on Route D 17
Film Synopsis
Anne et Paul are preparing for their next car rally when their car
breaks down in a remote corner of the French Alps. Finding a
telephone in this benighted district proves to be a nigh on impossible
task, so Anne sets off to look for help. Nearby, an
astrophysicist named René is preoccupied in his observatory, his
attention being drawn not to the stars but to his soul mate
Géraldine, who is amusing herself with a local shepherd.
Further afield, a group of military men are carrying out training
exercises under the orders of an over-zealous sergeant-major. It
is the time of the Gulf War and the latter is taking no chances.
When he sees a party of filmmakers doing a recce in the area he is sure
they are dangerous spies and acts accordingly. Then the
sergeant-major lays his hands on a disk containing the plans of what he
believes to be the next Iraqi offensive. In fact, it is the map
of a car rally which Anne has somehow mislaid...
Cast: Patrick Bouchitey (Paul Braud, le pilote),
Iliana Lolitch (Anne, la copilote),
Sabine Haudepin (Géraldine, l'astrophysicienne),
Mathieu Amalric (René, l'astrophysicien),
Jean-Christophe Bouvet (Le sergent chef),
Bernard Palmi (Vacher),
Gérard Dubouche (Berger),
Lionel Briand (Le radio),
Eberhard Meinzolt (Capi),
Antonietta Pizzorno (Marcheuse),
Arnold Barkus (Marcheur),
Jean-Claude Dumas (Pierre),
Thierry Melia (Léon),
Francis Peyron (Apiculteur),
Marc Ollivaux (Paysan),
Habib Rahji (Réalisateur),
Philippe Crevisy (Régisseur),
Frank Gétreau (Assistant),
Laetitia Pelissier (Actrice),
Pierre Haudebourg (Géomètre)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 81 min
Aka:Shipwrecked on Route D 17
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