La maison des bois
Made in 1971 for French TV, the epic 'La maison des bois' comes from early in the Pialat's belated feature filmmaking career. It begins in costume drama and an ethnographic view of rural French life during World War One, and in an apparently sentimental tale of war orphans. But then it irises out from costume drama conventions into the transcendental, exploring Pialat's spiritual themes, as well as the social dynamics, trauma and collective experiences of war.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Pierre Doris
Albert Picard
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Jacqueline Dufranne
Jeanne Picard
Agathe Natanson
Marguerite Picard
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Hervé Lévy
Hervé Gardy
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Hervé Lévy
Hervé Garbi
Alexandre Rignault
Birot
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Henri Saulquin
Le bedeau
Michel Terrazon
Michel Latour
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Albert Martinez
Bébert Pouilly
Fernand Gravey
Le marquis de Fresnoy
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Jean Mauvais
Mahu, le cafetier
