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Colonel Chabert (1994 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Le Colonel Chabert' (English title: 'Colonel Chabert') is a 1994 French historical drama film directed by Yves Angelo and starring Grard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant and Fabrice Luchini. It is based on the novel 'Le Colonel Chabert' by Honor de Balzac. Another film adaptation of the novel starring Raimu had been released 50 years earlier, during the German occupation of France.
Synopsis
In Paris, in February 1817, three years after the fall of the Empire, the lawyer Derville receives a visit from a shabbily dressed man. He claims to be Colonel Chabert, believed dead at the Battle of Eylau in 1807. He had contributed to the victory by leading a famous cavalry charge against the Russians.
The man tells how, waking in a mass grave surrounded by corpses, he survived his wounds.
He has returned ten years later and wishes to claim his title, to assert his rights and to live again with his wife, who has greatly increased the fortune she inherited from him. She, during his absence, has married Count Ferraud and had children.
She refuses to recognise her first husband. Derville agrees to help the colonel by proposing a settlement in which she will make a large settlement on Chabert if he agrees to divorce her and give up his claims. She refuses the proposed terms and tries to manipulate her ex-husband, asking him to declare his claim is fraudulent. Chabert, disgusted by her deceitfulness and the idea of him renouncing his name, abandons his claim.
Colonel Chabert finishes his life penniless and in an asylum, reminiscing on his last battle.
Cast
* Grard Depardieu : Amd Chabert
* Fabrice Luchini : Matre Derville
* Fanny Ardant : Countess Ferraud
* Andr Dussollier : Count Ferraud
* Daniel Prvost : Boucard
* Olivier Saladin : Hur
* Maxime Leroux : Godeschal
* ric Elmosnino : Matre Desroches
* Guillaume Romain : Simonin
* Patrick Bordier : Boutin
* Claude Rich : Chamblin
* Jean Cosmos : Costaz
* Jacky Nercessian : Delbecq
* Albert Delpy : Matre Roguin
* Romane Bohringer : Sophie
* Valrie Bettencourt : Julie
* Julie Depardieu : A maid
Production
* Direction : Yves Angelo, assisted by Frdric Blum
* Script : Yves Angelo, Jean Cosmos and Vronique Lagrange, from the novel by Honor de Balzac
* Production : Jean-Louis Livi and Bernard Marescot
* Music : Rgis Pasquier
* Photography : Bernard Lutic
* Editing : Thierry Derocles
* Scenery : Bernard Vzat (certain interior scenes filmed at Chteau de Bizy in Vernon, Eure)
* Costumes : Franca Squarciapino
Awards and nominations
*'Cairo Film Festival' (Egypt)
**'Won': Golden Pyramid (Yves Angelo)
*'Csar Awards' (France)
**Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Grard Depardieu)
**Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Fabrice Luchini)
**Nominated: Best Cinematography (Bernard Lutic)
**Nominated: Best Costume Design (Franca Squarciapino)
**Nominated: Best First Work (Yves Angelo)
**Nominated: Best Production Design (Bernard Vzat)
References
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