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The light (L'Équipier) - Sandrine Bonnaire, Émilie Dequenne, Grégori Derangère, Philippe Lioret

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Movie propaganda

Allies at sea. Rivals ashore.

In 1963, Antoine Cassendi (Grégori Derangère) is wounded in the Algerian war and arrives at the small island of Ouessant to join the team of lighthouse keepers. The locals feel the job should have gone to one of their own, and Antoine is not only a stranger but also a novice, and struggles to fit in. Easygoing and good-humoured despite the animosity directed toward him, Antoine slowly bonds with sullen, unfriendly Yvon Le Guen (Philippe Torreton) during their periods of extended isolation in the offshore lighthouse. Worse for Antoine is that he is unable to disguise his deep attraction to Yvon's wife Mabé (Sandrine Bonnaire) and this threatens both of them.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film war Algeria lighthouse isolation love triangle relationship France French

Persons of interest

Sandrine Bonnaire .... Mabé Le Guen
Philippe Torreton .... Yvon Le Guen
Grégori Derangère .... Antoine Cassendi
Émilie Dequenne .... Brigitte
Anne Consigny .... Young Camille
Martine Sarcey .... Old Camille
Nathalie Besançon .... Jeanne
Thierry Lavat .... Tinou
Béatrice Laout .... Nicole
Christophe Kourotchkine .... Michel Lebras
Bernard Mazzinghi .... André
Eric Bonicatto .... Jo
Nadia Barentin .... Huberte
Gilles Masson .... Jean-Pierre Menguy
Emmanuel Courcol .... Screenwriter
Claude Faraldo .... Screenwriter
Christian Sinniger .... Screenwriter
Philippe Lioret .... Screenwriter
Philippe Lioret .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The light (L'Équipier) official movie site
The light (L'Équipier) film production notes (.rtf)
The light (L'Équipier) QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

César Awards 2005: Nominated: Best Actor (Philippe Torreton), Best Music Written for a Film (Nicola Piovani), Best Supporting Actress (Émilie Dequenne)

NB: French language dialogue with English language subtitles
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