Les enfants du pays

Overview

May 1940, in the French Ardennes. The German Army is getting ready to invade France. Old Gustave lives alone in his village with Camille, his teenage granddaughter and Etienne, his grandson. All the other inhabitants have evacuated the village, which makes Gustave very happy as he is the sole master there. Etienne, does not care because he is too young but Camille is beginning to suffer from her solitude and finds it hard to put up with her granddad's selfishness and bossiness. One day a patrol of African-born soldiers ("Tirailleurs Sénégalais") comes to the deserted village...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 19, 2006

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Cast

Pascal N'Zonzi,Emma Javaux,William Nadylam,Cédric Ido,Arthur Chazal,Ralph Amoussou,Michel Serrault,Jacky Ido

Director

Pierre Javaux

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0465903