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Malevil

Malevil (1981) Movie Poster
France / West Germany  •    •  120m  •    •  Directed by: Christian de Chalonge.  •  Starring: Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Robert Dhéry, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pénélope Palmer, Emilie Lihou, Jacqueline Parent, Guy Saint-Jean, Marianik Revillon, Béatrice Houplain, Reine Bartève.  •  Music by: Gabriel Yared.
        By chance, Emanuel and several of his friends find themselves in the wine cellar of the castle when a nuclear attack takes place. The survivors find their surroundings reduced to ashes and rubble. Together under the leadership of Emanuel they begin to rebuild...

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Image from: Malevil (1981)
Image from: Malevil (1981)
Image from: Malevil (1981)
Image from: Malevil (1981)
I'm a lifelong and ardent fan of Robert Merle, the writer who thought up Malevil, genre close to "Les Hommes Protégés" when he wasn't writing his historical classic saga "Fortune de France". The story I used to read many times over is something I was always curious about how they'd put it on celluloid... khmmm... coulda been far better... I think the main problem is that it lacks any real background to the main characters, their 'previos life' their place in the micro-society of the typical rural France countryside.

A spicy choice of brilliant actors (Trintignant as Fulbert, Serrault the Squire and Villeret as Momo) should've been given MUCH more credit than this. I just don't know why this movie went awry - looooong, boring and leaving holes unanswered in the story - maybe it was only intended to be a cheapo TV-film, poorly budgeted variant. If you see the movie first you'll never want to read the book, if you read the book first you'd be disappointed by the movie.


Review by Visca Occitania from the Internet Movie Database.

 

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