Fanny's Journey
Fanny's Journey | |
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Le Voyage de Fanny | |
Directed by | Lola Doillon |
Screenplay by | Anne Peyregne Lola Doillon |
Based on | Le Journal de Fanny by Fanny Ben Ami |
Produced by | Saga Blanchard Marie de Lussigny |
Starring | Léonie Souchaud Fantine Harduin Juliane Lepoureau |
Cinematography | Pierre Cottereau |
Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
Music by | Sylvain Favre-Bulle |
Production companies | Origami Films Bee Films |
Distributed by | Metropolitan Filmexport (France) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | €7.3 million[1] |
Box office | $1.1 million[2] |
Fanny's Journey (original title: Le Voyage de Fanny) is a 2016 French-Belgian children's[3] war drama film co-written and directed by Lola Doillon. The film is inspired by an autobiographical book by Fanny Ben Ami.[4][5][6]
Plot[]
In Vichy France, 1943, a group of French Jewish children (who had been sheltered by the, in French: Œuvre de secours aux enfants or Children's Aid Society, for three years) must now flee to neutral Switzerland, separated from any adults they can trust.[7]
Cast[]
- Léonie Souchaud as Fanny
- Fantine Harduin as Erika
- Juliane Lepoureau as Georgette
- Ryan Brodie as Victor
- Anaïs Meiringer as Diane
- Lou Lambrecht as Rachel
- Igor van Dessel as Maurice
- Malonn Lévana as Marie
- Lucien Khoury as Jacques
- Cécile de France as Madame Forman
- Stéphane De Groodt as Jean
- Elea Körner as Helga
- Alice D'Hauwe as Ethel
- Jérémie Petrus as Julien
Awards[]
The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival CineMondays,[8] and the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2017.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Le Voyage de Fanny". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "Le voyage de Fanny (Fanny's Journey)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Fanny's Journey [programme note]". BFI. 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
By keeping the worst events off screen, Fanny’s Journey is accessible for a family audience and is an absorbing, inspiring tale of bravery and determination. Suitable for ages 8+.
- ^ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 1 June 2016.
- ^ "" Le Voyage de Fanny " : l'incroyable épopée d'une passeuse de 13 ans". Le Monde. 17 May 2016.
- ^ Fox, Michael (2017-02-23). "True story of young girl's derring-do lifts Holocaust escape film". J. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ Julie Cadilhac (1 May 2016). "Le voyage de Fanny : neuf enfants, ensemble, contre l'adversité dans la France de 1943". La Grande Parade. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Audience Award Winners," Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
- ^ "2017 AJFF Audience Award Winners Announced". Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2016 films
- French-language films
- 2016 war drama films
- 2010s children's drama films
- 2010s French-language films
- French war drama films
- French children's films
- French films
- Belgian films
- Belgian war drama films
- French World War II films
- Films about children
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Films directed by Lola Doillon
- Films set in France
- Films set in the Alps
- Films set in 1943
- Films about the French Resistance
- Vichy France in fiction
- Holocaust films
- Drama films based on actual events
- World War II films based on actual events
- 2010s French film stubs
- Belgian film stubs