Nanou (film)

Nanou is a Franco-British film directed by Conny Templeman, released in 1986.

Plot

In the 1970s, a blonde English student, Nanou, spends just a few months on the continent. She tours Switzerland, but prefers France. In Lorraine she meets Luke, and handsome worker in the militant extreme left-wing, and trains with him in his activities outside the law. She gradually moves into the French village and lives out her activist life on the sidelines until England remembers her …

Datasheet

• Title: Nanou
• Director: Conny Templeman
• Scenario: Conny Templeman and Antoine Lacomblez
• Music: John E. Keane
• Image: Martin Fuhrer
• Sound: Pierre Donnadieu
• Sets: Andrew Mollo
• Costumes: Agnès Nègre
• Editing: Tom Priestley
• Production: Simon Perry, Patrick Sandrin
• Production company: Umbrella Films, Arion Production
• Country of Origin: France
• Format: Colour – Mono – 35 mm
• Genre: Comedy
• Duration: 110 minutes
• Release date: 1986 Toronto International Film Festival; June 17, 1987,  United Kingdom

Cast

• Imogen Stubbs : Nanou
• Jean-Philippe Écoffey : Luc
• Michel Robin : Mr. Henry
• Daniel Day-Lewis : Max
• Roger Ibáñez : Michel
• Lou Castel : Italian activist
• Christophe Lindon : Charles
• Valentine Pelka : Jacques
• Nathalie Bécue : Chantal
• Dominique Rousseau : Rita
• Anna Cropper : mother deNanou
• Patrick O'Connell : father deNanou
• Anne-Marie Jabraud : Ms. Giraud
• Bérangère Jean
• Jean-Marc Morel : Jean
• Jean Amos : Robert
• Tristan Bastite : Léon

Reviews

"An almost forgotten treasure from a filmmarker who disappeared from public life, almost without a trace, so is Malick. It is also the best performance of Imogen Stubbs".^[1] - Rüdiger Tomczak

References

1. Nanou from Mubi.com

External links

• Nanou from Unifrance.org
• Nanou IMDb page
• extract from YouTube