Les égarés

Aug 20 2003 Unrated 1h 35m
Drama, Romance, War

Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.

Plot

June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs to the widespread panic and, with her two children, joins the exodus from the city. Philippe is on the cusp of adolescence, Little Cathy knows only that they are going South. After fifty kilometres, a German plane attacks, decimating the helpless refugees. Odile and her children lose everything. A shaven-headed youth appears from nowhere and leads them away from the carnage. His name is Yvan, he's seventeen years old. Cut off from the rest of the world and living in confined quarters, Odile and Yvan find themselves confronted with their own desires.

Written by

Gilles Perrault, Gilles Taurand, André Téchiné

Directed by

André Téchiné

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Languages

Français

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations

Trailers
Strayed / Les Egarés (2003) - Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
3,520
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
70
Popularity
NA