Chouans! - revolution and passion
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Chouans! - revolution and passion |
| Original title | Chouans! |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 143 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Philippe de Broca |
| script | Philippe de Broca, Daniel Boulanger |
| production | Ariel Zeitoun |
| music | Georges Delerue |
| camera | Bernard Zitzermann |
| cut | Henri Lanoë |
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Chouans! - Revolution and Passion (Original title: Chouans! ) Is a French period film against the backdrop of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution in 1988. The film was also released under the title Buccaneers of Power .
action
Brittany 1769: The night his wife dies giving birth to their son, Count de Kerfadec finds an abandoned baby and takes it in with him. It's a girl and Kerfadec calls her Celine. His son Aurèle and Céline grow up together. One day Kerfadec meets a boy named Tarquin, who has lost faith in God, and takes him in too. After the republic was proclaimed in Paris in the course of the French Revolution of 1789 , it was Tarquin who enthusiastically reported the political upheavals to his adoptive father. However, Tarquin's joy is clouded when he learns that Celine does not want to marry him, but Aurèle. Kerfadec gives the connection his blessing, but to Celine's annoyance, sends Aurèle to America before the wedding ceremony takes place. Tarquin, in turn, should make a career in Paris. Four years later, Aurèle is still not back from America; Tarquin has since become government commissioner. While Kerfadec stays out of politics and gives himself completely to the construction of a flying machine, Céline becomes a supporter of the republic and cheers Tarquin in a political speech.
After the king's beheading, the royalists, the so-called Chouans, revolt in Brittany. They raid carriages, pillage villages and engage in bitter skirmishes with government soldiers. When Aurèle, who sympathizes with the Chouans, returns to his homeland, Baron de Tiffauges and the noble Olympe de Saint-Gildas, who fight on the side of the Chouans, take him to a monastery. There Aurèle learns that Céline has meanwhile traded with Tarquin. However, he is convinced that he can win Céline's heart back. Celine is actually happy about his return, but then blames him for staying away for so long and not writing to her. When he joins the Chouans and is named their leader, Celine goes to Tarquin and spends the night with him.
The royalists and revolutionaries then mobilize their forces and prepare for battle. Tarquin's soldiers are ambushed by the Chouans on a beach. Aurèle is horrified when the Chouans cause a bloodbath among the soldiers. Without further ado, he shoots Baron de Tiffauges, who instigated the Chouans to do so. In a letter to Celine, Aurèle declares that he wants to prevent further fighting and ensure peace. Celine delivers the news to Tarquin and hopes that Tarquin will give in and end the guerrilla war. However, Tarquin is determined to keep fighting the Chouans and would rather die with Celine than lose them to Aurèle again. Shocked by his views, Celine turns away from him. From the letter she left behind, Tarquin learns that Aurèle wants to meet with Céline near the coast. However, Celine and Aurèle managed to escape Tarquin and his men in time by jumping off a cliff.
Thirsty for revenge, Tarquin then wants to execute a young boy who has known himself as a royalist on Kerfadec's estate. Kerfadec, who has found a new wife in the much younger Viviane, witnesses Viviane protecting herself in front of the boy and being shot down by the soldiers. While mourning Viviane, Tarquin prepares an attack on the Chouans. Aurèle can warn the Chouans and support them in battle, but he cannot avoid a crushing defeat. Olympe de Saint-Gildas and other living royalists are arrested and guillotined . Aurèle and his father Kerfadec ride to the scene of the execution and demonstratively throw their swords to the ground. At that very moment, Celine visits Tarquin in his police station and fires a shot at him with a pistol. Tarquin falls out of the window and Celine is arrested. Before Tarquin succumbs to his injuries, he asks Aurèle to free Céline from Fort la Latte and thus prevent her execution. Together with Kerfadec, Aurèle manages to break into the fortress over the wall and free Céline from her dungeon. With Kerfadec's flying machine, Aurèle and Céline can escape over the sea. Kerfadec, who remains behind, is shot dead by a soldier while the French flag is being hoisted.
background
The film was shot from July to October 1987 in Brittany, where numerous scenes were shot in Locronan . Fort la Latte in Plévenon was the setting for the final scenes.
Chouans! - Revolution and Passion premiered in France on March 23, 1988. In addition to the two and a half hour theatrical version of the film, a four-hour version was also made for French television. In Germany, the film was first released on video in May 1999.
Reviews
For the lexicon of international film , Chouans! - Revolution and passion a "[great] historical adventure and love film at the same time". Philippe de Broca's film is "an ingenious attempt on tolerance, progress and freedom" and "superbly photographed and opulently furnished". Cinema simply drew the conclusion: "Opulent historical picture arc."
Awards
At the Festival du film de Cabourg in 1988 Sophie Marceau received the award for best actress. At the 1989 César award , Stéphane Freiss was honored as the best young actor. Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle was nominated for the César in the Best Costumes category, but was subject to competition.
German version
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Savinien de Kerfadec | Philippe Noiret | Erik Schumann |
| Celine | Sophie Marceau | Irina Wanka |
| Tarquin | Lambert Wilson | Tobias Lelle |
| Bouchard | Roger Dumas | Paul Bürks |
| Baron de Tiffauges | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Fred Maire |
| Olympe de Saint-Gildas | Charlotte de Turckheim | Dagmar Heller |
Web links
- Chouans! - Revolution and Passion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chouans! - revolution and passion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ Chouans! - revolution and passion. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .