Shipwrecked on Route D17

Les naufragés de la D17
Luc Moullet

Memorable characters pass us by, one after the other, in this Gulf War–set comic political fable, a stylistically audacious synthesis of cinematic genres.

DIRECTOR
Luc Moullet
YEAR
2002
COUNTRY
France
RUNTIME
81 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Les naufragés de la D17

Set during the Gulf War, this dreamy, digressive ensemble piece begins with a champion rally car racer finding himself stranded in the French Alps; his driving partner heads into the nearest village to look for help, soon encountering an array of quirky and eccentric residents. An episodic work in which memorable characters pass us by, one after the other, Shipwrecked on Route D17 is a kind of comic political fable, but it’s also a stylistically audacious synthesis of cinematic genres, drawing from the racing film and paranoiac thriller in equal measure.

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