Home Front (; ) is a 2020 French drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux adapted by a novel of Laurent Mauvignier. It was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film premiered in August 2020 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival and received general theatrical release in June 2021.
Synopsis They were sent to Algeria in 1960 during the "events". Two years later, Bernard, Rabut, Février, and others returned to France. They remained silent and lived their lives. But sometimes, it takes almost nothing, like a winter birthday or a small gift, for the past to suddenly come back into the lives of those who thought they could deny it, even forty years later.
Cast Gérard Depardieu as Bernard, aka Feu-de-Bois Catherine Frot as Solange Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Rabut Yoann Zimmer as young Bernard Edouard Sulpice as young Rabut Félix Kysyl as Février Clotilde Mollet as Nicole Amelle Chahbi as Mrs Chefraou
Release Label Festival de Cannes 2020Pourquoi le « Label Cannes » donne le sourire aux professionnels du cinéma, on 20minutes.fr, consulted the 20 october 2023 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival 2020 : out of competition"J'espère le voir grandir jusqu'à ma mort !" : malgré la Covid, Dominique Besnehard annonce un programme éclatant pour son festival du film d'Angoulême, on francetvinfo.fr, consulted the 20 october 2023 Brussels Film Festival 2020 : opening filmBRIFF:Des hommes, une douloureuse évocation de la guerre d'Algérie , on rtbf.be, consulted the 20 october 2023 Deauville American Film Festival 2020 : out of competition International Historical Fiction Film Festival 2020 : official selection
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