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Les garçons sauvages (2017) Online
Original Title :
Les garçons sauvages
Genre :
Movie / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Year :
2017
Directror :
Bertrand Mandico
Cast :
Pauline Lorillard,Vimala Pons,Diane Rouxel
Writer :
Bertrand Mandico
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 50min
Rating :
6.9/10

At the beginning of the 20th century on the island of La Réunion, five adolescents of good family, enamored with the occult, commit a savage crime. A Dutch Captain takes them in charge for ... See full summary

Les garçons sauvages (2017) Online

At the beginning of the 20th century on the island of La Réunion, five adolescents of good family, enamored with the occult, commit a savage crime. A Dutch Captain takes them in charge for a repressive cruise on a haunted, dilapidated sailboat. Exhausted by the methods of the Captain, the five boys prepare to mutiny. Their port of call is a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
Credited cast:
Pauline Lorillard Pauline Lorillard - Romuald
Vimala Pons Vimala Pons - Jean-Louis
Diane Rouxel Diane Rouxel - Hubert
Anaël Snoek Anaël Snoek - Tanguy
Mathilde Warnier Mathilde Warnier - Sloane
Sam Louwyck Sam Louwyck - Le Capitaine
Elina Löwensohn Elina Löwensohn - Séverin(e)
Nathalie Richard Nathalie Richard - La prof de lettres
Christophe Bier Christophe Bier - Le procureur
Margaux Fabre Margaux Fabre - Octavio
Lola Créton Lola Créton - Narratrice (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Felipe Salazar Felipe Salazar - Un marin

(Spoiler) 4 of the young cast members had their tones of voice altered by computer. The rest of their appearance as boys, besides clothes, hairdo and prosthetics, is acting; the viewer gets along with the story, "wanting" to believe it. (As Anaël Snoek mentioned at a festival screening in Brussels)


User reviews

SkroN

SkroN

It's sort of avant-garde fantasy with moral layers. Weird film, but intriguing till the end. Then I grasped how convincing it really is into its being truly thought-provoking.

An open mind is a necessity (plus it's french, lol). Several artistic references are there for who can recognize them.

I feel the black&white scenes really add to the story. The island seems amazing. The cast and directing are excellent! Certain scenes stay with you quite some time. Oh, and there is a fake ending and a little extra for who sits till after the end titles.
Binar

Binar

This is a beautiful film, which explores sexuality, gender and beauty in strange things. The whole film is presented in such a visually pleasing way, and offers a new experience of cinema, with the vibrant colours, and the adventurously experimental characters and interactions.
Vetalol

Vetalol

"The Wild Boys" (Les Garcons Sauvages) is an entirely original film and plays out like an expansive moody metaphor with superb acting, tight and well-crafted script, an original mix of production techniques, excellent photography and sound, and sensitive insightful direction. It will especially appeal to those with an interest in homoerotica and/or class-gender sociology. To say any more would be to spoil it.

This is a movie that has stayed with me long after the viewing. Fortunately for me, I knew nothing of the 'twist' towards the end and was able to put together the pieces myself.