Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2010 / Le hérisson / France 2009
An intellectual concierge, a precocious 11-year-old and a refined Japanese gentleman are the strange trio at the heart of the sometimes uplifting, sometimes cynical The Hedgehog, based on Muriel Barbery’s bestselling novel. A touching, engaging parable about the importance of unconventionality.
An intellectual concierge, a precocious 11-year-old and a refined Japanese gentleman are the strange trio at the heart of the sometimes uplifting, sometimes cynical The Hedgehog, based on Muriel Barbery’s bestselling novel. Making audiences feel clever while also delivering an old-fashioned fairy tale of unexpected love (and even a dose of social critique), Mona Achache’s helming debut unashamedly has it all ways. But the result is a basically touching, engaging parable about the importance of unconventionality. Performances are strong, with Josiane Balasko in particular suggesting a wealth of simmering emotion beneath her impassive features.
98 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Mona Achache
/ Screenplay Mona Achache, Patrick Blossier na motivy knihy Muriel Barberyové S elegancí ježka / based on the novel L’élégance du hérisson by Muriel Barbery
/ Dir. of Photography Patrick Blossier
/ Music Gabriel Yared
/ Editor Julia Grégory
/ Producer Anne-Dominique Toussaint
/ Production Les films des Tournelles
/ Cast Josiane Balasko, Garance le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Anne Brochet
/ Contact Pathé International FR
www: www.leherisson-lefilm.com/
Pathé International FR
2, rue Lamennais, 75008, Paris
France
Phone: +33 1 717 232 30
Fax: +33 1 717 232 60
E-mail: [email protected]
Mona Achache
Film Director, Film Director
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