Fall Out (1996)
Overview
This film is an adaptation of Jean Amila's novel Le Boucher des Hurlus. The story, set in the aftermath of the war, is about Michel, a young man orphaned in this manner. He lives with his mother until she collapses under the wave of vituperation from the women in her community, who consider her murdered husband to have been a traitor. When he is sent to an orphanage, he discovers that many of the children in it are there for the same reason he is. Michel decides to escape his captivity and kill the general who ordered his father's death. He and the other children like him are able to get away from the orphanage, in the course of their journeys, they tour the grim battlefields of the recent war. Together, they return to Paris, determined to exact their revenge.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.136 |
Directed By
Jean-Denis Robert
TOP CAST
Laure Duthilleul
Madeleine
Stanislas Forlani
Michel
Josiane Lévêque
Mother Velin
Pierre-Arnaud Crespeau
Deveau
Erwan Dujardin
Aristide
Cédric Cousin
Beurré
Anne See
Aunt Thérèse
Danièle Delorme
Mrs. Germaine
Didier Flamand
Captain
Jean-François Dérec
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