Chouans! is a French film directed by Philippe de Broca , released in 1988 .
Synopsis
The story of a noble and enlightened family, that of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec ( Philippe Noiret ), during the great Chouan revolts in the Vendée and Breton countryside. The story of his three children, torn between the revolutionary spirit and the epic resistance of the whites against the rise of the Republic. On the one hand, there is Tarquin ( Lambert Wilson ), a fierce republican whom Kerfadec collected at the age of ten, on the other, Aurèle ( Stéphane Freiss ), legitimate son of the Count whose defense of the monarchy became the battle horse. Finding a pretext during these revolts, they will tear in truth for the love of the beautiful Céline ( Sophie Marceau), a young woman collected in the cradle by Kerfadec and brought up at the same time as them.
Technical sheet
- Director: Philippe de Broca
- Scenario: Philippe de Broca and Daniel Boulanger
- Adaptation: Jérôme Tonnerre
- Artistic direction: Jacques Bufnoir
- Sets: Tony Egry
- Costumes: Yvonne Sassinot from Nesle
- Photography: Bernard Zitzermann
- Sound: Joel Beldent , Jean-Charles Ruault , Jacques Thomas-Gerard
- Editing: Henri Lanoë
- Music: Georges Delerue
- Associate production company: Ariel Zeitoun
- Executive production: Maurice Illouz and Daniel Deschamps
- Production Companies: A2 Films , Canal + , Partner’s Productions
- Distribution Company: UGC
- Country of origin: France
- Original language: French
- Filming locations: Belle-Ile-en-Mer ( Morbihan ), Fort-la-Latte ( Côtes-d’Armor ), Locronan ( Finistère ), Largoët Fortress ( Morbihan ), Royaumont Abbey ( Val-d’Oise ) , Castle of Villeneuve-Jacquelot ( Quistinic , Morbihan )[réf. necessary] Baden (Morbihan)
- Format: color ( Eastmancolor ) – 35mm – 2,35: 1 ( Panavision ) – Stereo sound
- Genre : Historical Movie
- Duration: 145 min (cinema version) / 4 x 52 min (4-part TV movie version)
- Date of release in theaters: France :
- Release date on DVD: October 2007 , Canal Studio
Distribution
Unless otherwise stated or supplemented, the information mentioned in this section can be confirmed by the IMDb database .
- Philippe Noiret : Count Savinien of Kerfadec
- Vincent Schmitt : Loïc
- Raoul Billerey : Grospierre
- Claudine Delvaux : Jeanne
- Jean Paredes : The Chaplain
- Sophie Marceau : Céline
- Lambert Wilson : Tarquin Larmor
- Stéphane Freiss : Aurèle de Kerfadec
- Roger Dumas : Bouchard
- Isabelle Gélinas : Viviane
- Vincent de Bouard : Yvon
- Jacques Jouanneau : Blaise
- Maxime Leroux : the refractory priest
- Luc-Antoine Diquéro : Sergeant Pierrot
- Jean-Pierre Cassel : Baron Tiffauges
- Charlotte de Turckheim : Marquise Olympe de Saint-Gildas
- Jacqueline Doyen : the abbess, Adélaïde de Kerfadec, sister of the Count
- Jacques Herlin : the Marquis de Saint-Gildas
- Jean Zaluski : Louis XVI
- Jean-Michel Treussard