Fanfan la Tulipe
Synopsis
In a charming country called France, in the middle of the 18th century, people lived happily, women were easy and men dedicated themselves to war, their favorite sport. War supplied kings with their only entertainment in which their subjects were also obliged to play a part. To escape an arranged marriage, Fanfan, a young adventurer not adverse to a lady’s charms, joins Louis XV’s army.
To encourage him to enlist, Adeline, the very beautiful daughter of a recruiting sergeant, predicts that an incredible destiny lies ahead for Fanfan and that the king’s daughter will be his should he march beneath the royal flag.
On his way to the army encampment in Aquitane, Fanfan intervenes and scares off a horde of brigands about to attack the royal carriage. It turns out that the carriage’s passengers are none other than Madame de Pompadour and Henriette, the sovereign’s daughter.
Fanfan sees this as a sign of Adeline’s predictions coming true. The absurd complexities of military strategy, Fanfa...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (32)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : EuropaCorp
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, Open Art Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : EuropaCorp
- French distribution : EuropaCorp Distribution
- News agency (France) : B.C.G.
Full credits (23)
- Executive Producer : Luc Besson
- Screenwriters : Jean Cosmos, Luc Besson
- Director of Photography : Gérard Simon
- Music Composer : Alexandre Azaria
- Assistant directors : Alain Artur, Denis Imbert
- Editor : Nicolas Trembasiewicz
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Zeilig
- Costume designers : Olivier Bériot, Guy-William Adoh
- Authors of original work : Henri Jeanson, René Wheeler, René Fallet, Christian-Jaque
- Associate Producer : Christian Ardan
- Line Producer : Michel Feller
- Sound Assistant : Jean-Baptiste Faure
- Assistant Operators : Vincent Gallot, Philip Lozano, Sébastien Trân
- Production Manager : Alfred Lot
- Press Attachés (film) : Myriam Bruguière, Olivier Guigues
- Sound editors : Vincent Guillon, Raphaël Sohier
- Assistant Editor : Sandro Lavezzi
- Continuity supervisors : Estelle Bault, Anne Wermelinger
- Production Designer : Jacques Bufnoir
- Stunt performer : Loïc Saintilan
- Sound mixers : Didier Lozahic, Carl Goetgheluck
- Narrator : Jean Rochefort
- Location manager : Alexandrine Kol
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Action , Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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French-speaking Switzerland
News & awards
News (8)
Selections (3)
Delegations (2)
Seoul - French Film Festival
South Korea, 2003
Delegation president : Vincent Perez
Director : Gérard Krawczyk
