Stranded (2013)
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| German title | Stranded |
| Original title | Les Déferlantes |
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| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 98 minutes |
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| Director | Éléonore Faucher |
| script | Éléonore Faucher Laurent Vachaud |
| production | Nicolas Blanc |
| music | Laurent Petitgand |
| camera | Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille |
| cut | Joëlle van Effenterre |
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Stranded ( Les Déferlantes ) is a 2013 French television film by Éléonore Faucher, based on the 2008 novel The Surf Wave by Claudie Gallay . It stars Sylvie Testud and Bruno Todeschini . It was created on behalf of Arte France .
action
In a sparsely populated stretch of coast in northwestern France, Louise, a shy young ornithologist , is busy observing seabirds as well as coming to terms with her past. She had helped her terminally ill friend Peter to commit suicide and is now wanted by his sister Allison from Paris , but initially not found. In a small town there live a handful of bizarre people who share a common past that has more or less harmed their souls.
On a stormy and rainy day, when Louise can no longer bear her pain about the past and wants to plunge into the sea, she is stopped by a stranger. It turns out that he is no stranger, but grew up in a house in the village that he now wants to sell because he lives far away in the Jura . Between him - Lambert - and Louise, a complicated, but increasingly intimate relationship develops over time. Meanwhile, Louise has also been found by her dead friend's sister, but she forgives her.
Lambert's parents and his little brother died 25 years ago in a night boat accident. It is said that this happened because the light in the lighthouse went out for two hours. The lighthouse keeper at the time Théo may have been drunk that stormy night, but he explains it today by saying that he could no longer stand it when migratory birds were constantly flown against the light glass and smashed and he therefore switched it off.
Since there were no migratory birds at the time of the accident - at the beginning of February - only the alcohol variant remains. Finally, it turns out that the light had failed by itself and Théo first had to get a new bulb. Lambert's little brother, who allegedly died in the boat accident, suddenly appears again. At the end, Lambert asks Louise if she could imagine watching birds in the Jura, which she affirmed with a smile.
background
The film captures the harsh weather on the northwestern Normandy coast, especially since it was shot in winter, and it introduces the people there as just as harsh, some of whom live in single and run-down houses and courtyards. The melancholy score by Laurent Petitgand goes well with this .
Sylvie Testud , a sought-after actress since her success in Beyond the Silence (1996), plays on the one hand the vulnerable, suicidal young woman, the nature-loving loner and the shy lover who finds happiness while solving the puzzles of the past. In an interview she says:
- “I really liked the script because of its abrupt, radical character. We are in an uproar from start to finish. It's beautiful and scary at the same time, how this raging sea hits the cliffs, how this vegetation is twisted by the offshore wind. ... It was very impressive to be in this extreme place for so long, in winter, where the sea is almost always in anger. For once, there are really times when I regretted not having a few extra pounds because I thought several times that I would be blown away and fall into the sea. "
Locations
The film was made almost exclusively in the north-west of Normandy at the Cape of La Hague . The lighthouse in front of the cape , which plays an important role in the film, can be seen repeatedly . German coastal bunker systems from the Second World War also served as a backdrop: ⊙ . Other locations were the small port of Goury, the small town of La Roche west of Auderville , the Bay of Écalgrain and especially the small town of Vauville further south. The home of the lighthouse keeper Théo was a homestead to the northeast and just outside of La Roche, from which you can see the lighthouse and Goury: ⊙ . The former Fort de Vauville, 11 km south-east of Goury and west of Vauville, served as the home of Louise: ⊙ .
Sylvie Testud (left) and Eléonore Faucher during the shooting: ⊙
The lighthouse at Cape La Hague, which plays a role in the film: ⊙
The small town of Goury, typical of the area and seen in the film: ⊙
The bay of Écalgrain south of Auderville, see opening scene: ⊙
The cafe / bar / restaurant in Vauville where Louise often stops: ⊙
Former Benedictine abbey north of Vauville, Florelle's home: ⊙
Reviews
" Stranded is an impressive, gripping and excellent photo of a woman breaking out of her own mourning cocoon."
“The subtle film relies more on moods than on tension. You may miss them or give in to the smell of seaweed, sea and loneliness. "
Others
- The actor Daniel Duval , who plays the former lighthouse keeper Théo, died shortly after the filming was finished at the age of 68. The film is dedicated to him at the beginning of the credits, as is the mother of director Éléonore Faucher .
- In the credits you learn that in addition to the score, two pieces of music by Benjamin Britten were used in the film:
- Friday Afternoons (Op 7, 1936) - Old Abraham Brown (Text: anonymous)
- A Ceremony of Carols (Op 28, 1943) - In Freezing Winter Night (Text: R. Southwell)
- Both sung by the New London Children's Choir, conductor: A. Corp, piano: A. Wells
- The text quoted towards the end of the film about the lighthouse keeper who loves birds too much comes from the poem:
- Le gardien du phare aime trop les oiseaux by Jacques Prévert
- The film has not yet been released on DVD or BluRay (February 2020).
Web links
- Stranded in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Film on Allocine (French)
- Press release on Arte (French)