Malevil
Synopsis
In contemporary France, a nuclear war breaks out over Europe, and a group of visitors to a local chateau take cover in the basement. When they venture outside after the fighting stops, they discover that the chateau has sustained serious damage and the surrounding lands have been laid to waste. The survivors try to rebuild the house as best they can, and they begin growing food in order to sustain themselves, until they encounter Fulbert (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a deranged fascist who is leading a band of ragged survivors who live in several abandoned railroad cars. The survivors of the chateau defeat Fulbert, and his forces join with the people of the chateau to build a new society. However, they are soon ambushed by government troops, who are rounding up survivors of the nuclear attack and relocating them to concentration camps. Three of the chateau survivors are able to escape and attempt to make their way to safety.
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Director (1)
Actors (18)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : NEF Diffusion, Les Films Gibé, Stella Film, C.D.G., Télécip, Maki Films
- Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Stella Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : UGC Distribution
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Claude Nedjar
- Screenwriters : Pierre Dumayet, Christian De Chalonge
- Dialogue Writer : Pierre Dumayet
- Director of Photography : Jean Penzer
- Music Composer : Gabriel Yared
- Assistant directors : Bernard Bolzinger, Olivier Horlait
- Editor : Henri Lanoë
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Gamet
- Costume designer : Ghislain Uhry
- Author of original work : Robert Merle
- Sound Assistant : Bernard Chaumeil
- Assistant Operators : Michel Coteret, Éric Vallée
- Camera Operator : Yves Agostini
- Production Manager : Georges Valon
- Sound editor : Renée Deschamps
- Continuity supervisor : Colette Crochot
- Production Designer : Max Douy
- Foley artist : Daniel Couteau
- Casting : Margot Capelier
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
- Unit Production Managers : Christian Danzas, Jacques Schaeffer
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Science fiction
- Themes : Science fiction/Futuristic, War
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Germany, France
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News & awards
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1982
César Award for Best Production Design : Max Douy
