The Blue Island

The read

It runs a compact 1h 24m.

Synopsis

France, 1940. German troops have just invaded the country, but in the rural idyll of the family chateau inhabited by 20-year-old Mellie with her impoverished aristocrat father Alexandre and adolescent cousin Robinson, the war still seems far away, apart from the fact that Mellie's rich and unpopular fiancé André has been drafted into the army. For Robinson and his friends the same age, including the temperamental Bertrand, the war is merely a game they play in the remoteness of the blue island in the lake.

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Key crew

• Vincent TrintignantWriter
• Louis GardelWriter
• Nadine TrintignantDirector
• Nadine TrintignantWriter

Cast

• Pierre ArditiAlexandre, Mellie's father
• Anouk AiméeEugénie, André's mother
• Évelyne BouixLily
• Julie DelarmeMellie
• Jérôme HardelayRobinson, Mellie's cousin
• Geoffrey SauveauxBertrand, Robinson's friend
• Manuel BlancAndré, Mellie's fiancé
• Clovis CornillacCast
• Pierre VernierCast
• Anja KruseGermaine
• Alka BalbirCast

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