|
|
L'Équipier
2004 Drama / Romance
Review
Director Philippe Lioret surpasses himself with this elegiac love story set on a storm
ravaged Breton island, a beautifully composed, exquisitely performed drama which tells
a simple tale of an ill-fated romance with great tenderness and realism. The bleak
windswept setting provides an appropriate backdrop for the tale of impossible love, the
vulnerability of the lighthouse men echoing the fragility of the characters who end up
being caught up in the storms of amorous passion. Some stunning photography and
gripping performances – particularly from Grégori Derangère and Philippe
Torreton – make this an absorbing film, impressing with its raw humanity and understated
yet potent sense of poetry.
© James Travers 2007 Write a review for this film...User Comments
How do you rate this film?
|
Director:
Philippe Lioret
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Philippe Torreton, Grégori Derangère, Émilie Dequenne, Anne Consigny Synopsis
After the death of her mother, Camille returns to Ouessant, a small island off the coast
of Finistère, to sell her family home. There she meets her elderly aunt and
discovers a novel written by someone named Antoine Cassendi which recounts a story that
took place on the island forty years before. In 1963, Cassendi arrived on Ouessant,
after having served in the Algerian War, to take up a post as a lighthouse keeper, under
the tutelage of Yvon Le Guen. The outsider receives a frosty, even hostile
reception from everyone he meets – everyone that is except Mabé, Yvon’s attractive
young wife, who cannot help falling in love with the sympathetic stranger...
Credits
 More French Drama  More French Romance |
   |
© filmsdefrance.com 2009