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The Wanderer

Original title: Le grand Meaulnes
  • 1967
  • G
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
306
YOUR RATING
Jean Blaise and Brigitte Fossey in The Wanderer (1967)
DramaRomance

Rural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party... Read allRural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party's in progress: there he falls eternally in love with Yvonne and she with Back at school, ... Read allRural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party's in progress: there he falls eternally in love with Yvonne and she with Back at school, he hears she is in Paris, so he follows in a vain search and meets a woman, jilted by her ... Read all

  • Director
    • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
  • Writers
    • Alain-Fournier
    • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
    • Isabelle Rivière
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Fossey
    • Jean Blaise
    • Alain Libolt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    306
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
    • Writers
      • Alain-Fournier
      • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
      • Isabelle Rivière
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Fossey
      • Jean Blaise
      • Alain Libolt
    • 20User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Brigitte Fossey
    Brigitte Fossey
    • Yvonne de Galais
    Jean Blaise
    • Augustin Meaulnes
    Alain Libolt
    • François Seurel
    Alain Noury
    Alain Noury
    • Frantz de Galais
    Juliette Villard
    • Valentine Blondeau
    Christian de Tillière
    Christian de Tillière
    • Ganache
    Marcel Cuvelier
    • Monsieur Seurel
    Thérèse Quentin
    • Madame Seurel
    Serge Spira
    • Mouche Boeuf
    Bruno Castan
    • Delouche
    Elisabeth Depardieu
      Allain Dhurtal
        Annie Fahr
        • Director
          • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
        • Writers
          • Alain-Fournier
          • Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
          • Isabelle Rivière
        • All cast & crew
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        User reviews20

        6.6306
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        10swilliams8251

        Memorable,Magical

        I have been looking for a copy of this movie for over 10 years.

        I remember some of the scenes, the light, the colours. Our group of friends, and one especially who is about the best photographer in the world, had gone to new york city to view this movie. I am still, 40 years later, viewing that movie in my mind. I see that this film has affected many viewers the same way. This movie was so visual it was tactile. why can't I find this movie again? WAhhhhh!!!

        Its has to be an incredible movie to stick with you for over 40 years in such a strong way. If anyone has a copy of it or knows where to find a copy hopefully with subtitles, please let me know. I would ever be so grateful. Regards, sheri
        emily-green

        wow.

        This is one of those rare films that stays on your mind for years, even though you might not remember much about it anymore. I saw this in 1998-only once-but sometimes find myself thinking about it. I remember walking out of the theater right after I saw it and feeling different than I did two hours earlier. Aside from Alain Fournier's excellent story, I think the film just conveys a particular mood really well--you feel affected and somewhat hypnotized by the movie. I can't say that I've had that experience very many times. I have tried to find this film on VHS several times over the past few years, but have not been successful (although I see that Amazon might have, at one time, offered it). Anybody with information on how I might obtain this amazing movie, please let me know.
        10laura-woodruff

        Once seen, always remembered - a magical film

        I've been lucky enough to see this film three times - I once made a 200 mile return journey in an evening to see it at one of its rare screenings - and would watch it again and again if only it were ever screened. It captures perfectly both the dream quality and the desperate tragedy of Alain-Fournier's novel.

        The film has haunted me for 30 years, since I first saw it at the age of 13.

        If you spot it at your local arts cinema, go and see it.

        Come on someone, release the subtitled version on video. After a long and arduous search, I managed to buy the non-subtitled version, but there must be a big enough English-speaking market to make it worth someone's while.

        *The unsubtitled version is available at http://www.priceminister.com **Apparently, the subtitled version is available from the Connoisseur Video Collection of Ingram International Films (1-800-356-3577) for $79.95. It's 108 minutes long, VHS format, French with English subtitles.
        8nmelhorn

        A beautiful fantasy which sparked my imagination

        I saw LGM in French with subtitles (and two years of high school French!). It felt like a pleasant dream (visual, ideas), and I remembered it quite well -- but I had forgotten the title. I described it to a French friend several years later, and he named it for me right away. If I see it advertised for a theatre again, I'll definitely go, now that my French is a little better and my appreciation of fantasy much enhanced.
        Kirpianuscus

        magic

        If you know the book, the film is the fair answer to yours expectations. For performances, off course, for cinematography- just seductive- , for the grace and for the atmosphere - dreamy , delicate, seductive in profound sense. But, more important - it is magic. And this word has many senses in this case. Because it is just a film who you feel it as seed growing up, decades , in yourself , as memories. So, just special, memorable and so near to a personal experience.

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          Referenced in Kouzelné dobrodruzství (1983)

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        • Release date
          • April 9, 1969 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • France
        • Language
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Krvolocna igra
        • Filming locations
          • Henrichemont, Cher, France
        • Production companies
          • Madeleine Films
          • AWA Films
          • Pathé Consortium Cinéma
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 43m(103 min)
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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