Synopsis
Leo was born in Borneo, in the orangutan orphanage founded by his father. It is the only place he has ever known. He is 25 when his father dies and the Indonesians take over the orphanage. Leo feels like an outcast. He boards a freighter, bound for a “civilization” he knows nothing about, as his father taught him only music and poetry. He is neither a Tarzan nor a wild child, but a young guy with a pure, idealistic vision of the world. He arrives in France and meets a range of characters who embody the shortcomings of today’s society.
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Director (1)
Actors (19)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Madeleine Films
- Co-productions : Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises (PECF), Parano Films, France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Warner Bros. (France)
- French distribution : Warner Bros. (France)
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Gilbert de Goldschmidt
- Assistant directors : Dominique Delany, Franck Vestiel
- Sound recordists : Éric Rophé, Emmanuel Augeard, Éric Bonnard
- Screenwriters : Didier Dolna, Patrick Schulmann
- Director of Photography : Dominique Gentil
- Sound Assistant : Frédéric Bobillier
- Camera Operator : Guy Famechon
- Press Attachés (film) : François Hassan Guerrar, Aude Thomas
- Editor : Baxter
- Sound Editor : Joël Jacovella
- Production Designer : Olivier Raoux
- Music Composers : Patrick Schulmann, Patrick Langlade
- Costume designers : Catherine Boisgontier, Marie Bourgeon
- Sound Mixer : Éric Bonnard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 16/12/1998
- Runtime : 2 h 10 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 92.984
- Visa issue date : 28/10/1998
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
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Patrick Schulmann has things to tell us: about ‘everyday delinquency, homelessness, the rise of the National Front, the rat race, workplace rivalry, the debasement of art...’ The list in the press kit goes on, sounding a little like a recipe for a stodgy pot-pourri of discontent. But the film works like a charm. Sagamore Stevenin (son of actor Jean-François) plays Leo deadpan with a deeply likable, straight-faced naiveté and we happily go along with him. Eager to please but not gutless, Schulmann’s movie has a generous profusion of plots and a fertile imagination that are a joy to behold, while its ‘noble savage’ message and slap-happy putdown of modern society provide fuel for plenty of post-film debate. (“Libération”, December 16th 1998)
