Eva & Leon
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Directed by | |
Written by | Émilie Cherpitel |
Produced by | Candice Zaccagnino |
Starring | Clotilde Hesme |
Cinematography | Laurent Machuel |
Edited by | Guerric Catala |
Music by | Jonathan Morali |
Production company | ElianeAntoinette |
Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Eva & Leon (French title: L'Echappée Belle) is a 2015 French drama film written and directed by .[1] The movie was a submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot[]
The movie is about a privileged woman and an orphaned boy who become friends.
Leon and his older brother, Arnaud, were abandoned in a park in Lyon.
They are seen as outcasts by a social worker, who considers both the brothers mentally ill and the only solution is sending them to a children’s home.
With the help of two teachers, Leon and Arnaud are put in an English-language school run by a kind but rough-around-the-edges teacher called Isabelle (Nicole Delecroix).
Cast[]
- Clotilde Hesme as Eva
- as Léon
- Peter Coyote as The father
- Keziah Jones as John
- Clotilde Courau as Lucie
- as Simon
- as Madame Agostini
- as a psychiatrist
- Joséphine de La Baume as Simone
- as Jérôme
- Frédéric Beigbeder as Richard
- David Serero as the Italian Crooner
References[]
- ^ "Eva & Leon: The fable of the chance encounter". Cineuropa. 18 June 2015.
External links[]
- Eva & Leon at IMDb
Categories:
- 2015 films
- French-language films
- 2015 drama films
- French drama films
- French films
- 2015 directorial debut films
- 2010s French film stubs