The Fear (2015 film)

The Fear

French film poster
French: La Peur
Directed by Damien Odoul
Produced by
  • Jean-Pierre Guérin
  • Gérard Lacroix
  • Claude Léger
  • Sylvain Proulx
  • Olivier Père
Written by
  • adaptation by:
  • Loïc Gaillard
  • Damien Odoul
  • Aude Py
Screenplay by Damien Odoul
Based on La Peur (1930 novel)
by Gabriel Chevallier
Starring
  • Nino Rocher
  • Pierre Martial Gaillard
  • Théo Chazal
  • Eliott Margueron
  • Frédéric Buffaras
Music by Colin Stetson
Cinematography Martin Laporte
Edited by Marie-Eve Nadeau
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Le Pacte (France)
  • Wild Bunch (world-wide)
Release dates
  • August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12) (France)
Running time
 93 minutes
Country France
Language French

The Fear (French: La Peur) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Damien Odoul.[1][2][3] The film won the 2015 Cinema of France award Prix Jean Vigo,[4] and was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

Production

Secretly shot from September 15 through October 24, 2015, on locations in Canada, filming completed and the film entered post-production in late November. The film represents Damien Odoul's seventh feature film.[3]

Plot

Gabriel Dufour (Nino Rocher) is a young conscript in the French army during the first World War. Along with fellow conscripts from his small town, he is sent to the front in 1914. Through the trials, horrors, and tribulations of war, he survives and discovers his own humanity.

Cast

  • Nino Rocher as Gabriel Dufour
  • Pierre Martial Gaillard as Nègre
  • Théo Chazal as Théophile
  • Eliott Margueron as Bertrand
  • Frédéric Buffaras as Lespinasse
  • Jonathan Jimeno Romera as La Gaufre
  • Charles Josse as Fouchet
  • Aniouta Maïdel as Marguerite
  • Patrick de Valette as Ferdinand
  • Yarrow Martin as Perreault
  • Amélie Martinez as Joséphine

Reception

Abus de Cine noted in-depth films covering World War I from a French viewpoint were rare, and noted La Peur as ambitious. While the reviewer felt the film was uneven in its interpretation, he felt it was worth watching.[6]

While also noting an unevenness in interpretation, La Croix praised the director for immersing the viewer into the war from a uniquely French perspective, and the work of actor Nino Rocher in the lead role.[7]

Libération noted director Damien Odoul's success in capturing the horrors of trench warfare through his graphic film adaptation of the memoirs of a survivor of "The Great War".[8]

Le Figaro wrote that the film was remarkable in its retelling of the fears and horrors suffered by French soldiers during World War 1.[9]

France 24 praised director Damien Odoul for his unfettered depictions of the true horrors seen and suffered by French soldiers from 1914 through 1918 in the trenches of World War I. While it was felt the director took liberties in his adaptation of the Gabriel Chevallier novel, the changes were as the filmmaker intended in order to contemporize the history being told.[10]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "The Fear". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wild Bunch unveils 2015 French slate". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Lemercier, Fabien (November 20, 2015). "Damien Odoul's Fear enters post-production". Cineuropa. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Lemercier, Fabien (June 5, 2015). "The Jean Vigo Award goes to The Fear". Cineuropa. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Punter, Jennie (August 18, 2015). "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Romanazzi, Alexandre (August 12, 2015). "La Peur" (in French). Abus de Cine. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ staff (August 11, 2015). ""La peur", le voyage au cœur des tranchées" (in French). La Croix. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ Ghys, Clement (August 11, 2015). ""La Peur", viscères au point" (in French). Libération. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ Tranchant, Marie-Noëlle (August 11, 2015). "La Peur : la Grande Guerre tranchée dans le vif" (subscription required) (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ Trouillard, Stephanie (August 12, 2015). "Centenaire 14-18 : "La Peur" des tranchées sur grand écran" (in French). France 24. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
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