Les Anarchistes

2015 French film

Elie Wajeman
Gaëlle Macé

Produced byLola GansStarring

Tahar Rahim
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Swann Arlaud
Guillaume Gouix

CinematographyDavid ChizalletEdited byFrançois QuiqueréMusic byGloria Jacobsen

Production
companies

France 2 Cinéma
24 Mai Productions
Wild Bunch

Distributed byMars Distribution

Release dates

14 May 2015 (2015-05-14) (Cannes)
11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) (France)

Running time

101 minutes^[1]CountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office$155,554^[2]

Les Anarchistes (English: The Anarchists) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman and co-written with Gaëlle Macé. It was selected to open the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

In 1899, brigadier Corporal Jean Albertini is recruited to infiltrate a group of anarchists.

Cast

Tahar Rahim as Corporal Jean Albertini^[4]
Adèle Exarchopoulos as Judith Lorillard
Swann Arlaud as Elisée
Guillaume Gouix as Eugène Lévêque
Cédric Kahn as Gaspar
Sarah Le Picard as Marie-Louise Chevandier
Karim Leklou as Biscuit
Emilie de Preissac as Clothilde Lapiower
Thilbault Lacroix as Albert Vuillard
Arieh Worthalter as Adrian
Simon Bellouard as Hans
Aurélia Poirier as Martha

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
César Awards^[5]	Most Promising Actor	Swann Arlaud	Nominated
Lumières Awards^[6]	Best Cinematography	David Chizallet	Won

References

^ "LES ANARCHISTES - THE ANARCHISTS (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ "Les anarchistes". Box Office Mojo.
^ Christophe Beney. "Cannes 2015 Info and Announcements, in Real Time". Accréds. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
^ "Les Anarchistes". 24 Mai Production. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
^ "'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations". Variety. 27 January 2016.
^ "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016.