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Un balcon en forêt (film)

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Un balcon en forêt
Directed byMichel Mitrani
Screenplay byMichel Mitrani
Based onBalcony in the Forest by Julien Gracq
Starring
CinematographyCharly Gaeta
Edited byClaude Frechede
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • May 1978 (1978-05) (Cannes)
  • 28 February 1979 (1979-02-28)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Un balcon en forêt (lit.'A Balcony in [a] Forest') is a 1978 French war drama film directed by Michel Mitrani, starring Humbert Balsan, Aïna Wallé, Yves Afonso, Jacques Charby, Serge Martina [fr] and Jacques Villeret. It is set in a forest in the Ardennes in 1939, where a group of men occupy a concrete blockhouse in anticipation of an offence from the German army. It is based on the novel Balcony in the Forest by Julien Gracq and was produced by Antenne 2.[1][2]

The film was in the Un Certain Regard selection at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It was released in French cinemas on 28 February 1979, distributed by Gaumont.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Buache, Freddy (2005). Michel Mitrani : une bio-filmographie (in French). Cinemathèque suisse and Éditions L'Âge d'Homme. p. 22. ISBN 2-8251-3623-9.
  2. ^ a b "Un balcon en forêt" (in French). Unifrance. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Récompenses et nominations pour le film Un balcon en forêt". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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