Wild Life
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2015
March 6 - 15, 2015
North American Premiere
Q&A with Cédric Kahn, Céline Sallette, and producer Kristina Larsen
A wife’s decision to remove herself and her children from their nomadic existence prompts her husband to commit a desperate act in Cédric Kahn’s riveting true account of a father’s all-consuming love, which won a special jury prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
North American Premiere
Q&A with Cédric Kahn, Céline Sallette, and producer Kristina Larsen
Carole and Philippe (Céline Sallette and Mathieu Kassovitz), tired of propriety and consumerism, opt to renounce civilization and live off the land. Calling themselves Nora and Paco, they lead a nomadic life in their caravan, gradually adding children to the mix. But when Nora tires of their itinerant lifestyle and gains custody of their sons, Philippe refuses to allow his progeny to be raised according to the societal codes he abhors. What follows is the riveting true story (based on the case of Xavier Fortin) of a father’s reckless but all-consuming love, directed by Cédric Kahn, whose underrated thriller Red Lights also portrayed a husband driven to extremes. Kassovitz gives the performance of his career while Sallette is extraordinary as the desperate mother fighting to reunite with her sons. The film received a special jury prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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