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Chouans!
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Wikipedia article
'Chouans!' is a 1988 French historical adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, and Lambert Wilson. Based on the 1829 novel 'Les Chouans' by Honor de Balzac, the film is about a woman who must choose between two brothers on opposite sides of the French Civil War of 1793. For her performance in the film, Sophie Marceau received the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
Plot
In 1793, during the French Revolution, a young woman named Cline (Sophie Marceau), who was adopted by Count Savinien de Kerfadec, must choose between two men who have been raised like her brothers, Tarquin Larmor (Lambert Wilson) and Aurle de Kerfadec (Stphane Freiss), while they take opposite sides in the conflict. Tarquin, also adopted by the Count, is a partisan of the New Republic and defends the new political system; Aurle, the Count's natural son, supports the Royalist side. Both sons are in love with Cline. After the Republican Army decimates Western France, an insurgence of peasants, clergy, and aristocrats loyal to the Royalists stage a counterrevolution.
Cast
* Philippe Noiret as Savinien de Kerfadec
* Sophie Marceau as Cline
* Lambert Wilson as Tarquin Larmor
* Stphane Freiss as Aurle de Kerfadec
* Charlotte de Turckheim as Olympe de Saint-Gildas
* Jean-Pierre Cassel as Baron de Tiffauges
* Roger Dumas as Bouchard
* Raoul Billerey as Grospierre
* Jacqueline Doyen as Adlade, l'Abbesse Marie de l'Assomption
* Vincent Schmitt as Lote
* Claudine Delvaux as Jeanne
* Jean Pards as le Chapelain
* Isabelle Glinas as Viviane
* Vincent de Bouard as Yvon
* Maxime Leroux as Le Prtre rfractaire
* Luc-Antoine Diquro as Le Sergent Pierrot
* Claude Aufaure as Croque-au-sel
* Michel Degand as Le Prtre jureur
Production
Filming locations
* Baden, Morbihan, France* Belle le, Morbihan, France
* Brittany, France
* Fort-la-Latte, Ctes-d'Armor, France
* Locronan, Finistre, France
* Meucon, Morbihan, France
* Poul-Ftan, Quistinic, Morbihan, France
* Sarzeau, Morbihan, France
* le d'Hoedic, Morbihan, France
Awards and nominations
* 1988 Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Sophie Marceau) 'Won'
* 1989 Csar Award for Most Promising Actor (Stphane Freiss) 'Won'
* 1989 Csar Award Nomination for Best Costume Design (Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle)
References
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