''Home Front'' (; ) is a 2020 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
adapted by a novel of
Laurent Mauvignier. It was selected to be shown at the
2020 Cannes Film Festival
The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 ...
.
Synopsis
They were sent to Algeria during the "events" in 1960. Two years later, Bernard, Rabut, Février, and others returned to France. They remained silent and lived their lives. But sometimes, it takes almost nothing, like a winter birthday or a small gift, for the past to suddenly come back into the lives of those who thought they could deny it, even forty years later.
Cast
*
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...
as Feu-de-Bois
*
Catherine Frot
Catherine Frot (; born 1 May 1956) is a French actress. A 10-time César Award nominee, she won the awards for Best Actress
for '' Marguerite'' (2015) and Best Supporting Actress for '' Family Resemblances'' (1996). Her other films include '' L ...
as Solange
*
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin (born 4 December 1953) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was born in Courbevoie, France.
Theater
Filmography Actor
*1992: '' Riens du tout'' (directed by Cédric Klapisch starring Fabrice Luchini, Daniel Berlioux ...
as Rabut
*
Edouard Sulpice as young Rabut
Release
* Label
Festival de Cannes 2020
* Angoulême French-speaking Film Festival 2020 : out of competition
* Brussels Film Festival 2020 : opening film
''BRIFF:Des hommes, une douloureuse évocation de la guerre d'Algérie''
, on ''rtbf.be'', consulted the 20 october 2023
* Deauville American Film Festival 2020 : out of competition
* International Historical Fiction Film Festival 2020 : official selection
References
External links
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2020 films
2020 drama films
2020s French-language films
French drama films
Films directed by Lucas Belvaux
Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020s French films
Algerian War films
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