The Guard (1992)
Movie | |
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German title | The guard |
Original title | La sentinelle |
Country of production | France |
original language | French |
Publishing year | 1992 |
length | 139 minutes |
Rod | |
Director | Arnaud Desplechin |
script | Arnaud Desplechin Pascale Ferran Noémie Lvovsky Emmanuel Salinger |
production |
Nicole Arbib Pascal Caucheteux Grégoire Sorlat |
music | Marc Olivier Summer |
camera |
Caroline Champetier Olivier Chambon Julien Hirsch Arthur Le Caisne |
cut | François Gédigier |
occupation | |
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La sentinelle is a French film directed by Arnaud Desplechin from the year 1992 . The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival .
action
The budding coroner Mathias, who lives in Germany, decides to return to France. On the train he meets a man who utters insults and disappears. The next day he finds a shrunken head in his suitcase . The confused Mathias keeps his discovery a secret and tries to clarify the origin of the head.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films describes Die Wache as "the fascinating test of talent of a young director".
The New York Times was negative about the plot of the film. However, it is a gripping portrait of student life in France. The reviewer also praised the actors, especially lead actor Emmanuel Salinger .
In the opinion of the movie magazine Box Office Magazine , the director had some good ideas in terms of content and style, but implemented them poorly, so that the result is a mediocre David Lynch copy.
Web links
- The guard at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ La sentinelle on the website of the Cannes Festival (English)
- ↑ The Guard. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Stephen Holden : Movie Review: La Sentinelle on the New York Times website (English)
- ↑ Dale Winogura: La Sentinelle ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Box Office Magazine.