Le Jour des corneilles (2012)
Directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint

Animation

Film Synopsis

Courge lives in the heart of a forest, having been brought up by his father, a tyrannical giant who forbids him to leaves his home.  The boy has grown up to be a wild thing, his only companions being the friendly ghosts who haunt the forest.  Then, one day, he must go to a nearby village, where he meets the young Manon...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Christophe Dessaint
  • Script: Jean-François Beauchemin (novel), Amandine Taffin
  • Music: Simon Leclerc
  • Cast: Jean Reno (Le père Courge), Lorànt Deutsch (Le fils Courge), Isabelle Carré (Manon), Claude Chabrol (Le docteur), Chantal Neuwirth (La vieille Ronce), Bruno Podalydès (L'infirmier), Patrick Ligardes (Le sergent), Philippe Uchan (Le maire), Jean-Christophe Laurier (Villageois), Élodie Huber (La mère), Jeanne-sylvette Giraud (La petite corneille)
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 96 min

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