''The Fear'' (french: La Peur) is a 2015 French war drama film directed by

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. The film won the 2015

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award

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, and was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the

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Plot

Gabriel Dufour (Nino Rocher) is a young conscript in the French Army during the First World War. Along with fellow conscripts from his small town, he is sent to the front in 1914. Through the trials, horrors, and tribulations of war, he survives and discovers his own humanity.

Cast

* Nino Rocher as Gabriel Dufour * Pierre Martial Gaillard as Nègre * Théo Chazal as Théophile * Eliott Margueron as Bertrand * Frédéric Buffaras as Lespinasse * Jonathan Jimeno Romera as La Gaufre * Charles Josse as Fouchet * Aniouta Maïdel as Marguerite * Patrick de Valette as Ferdinand * Yarrow Martin as Perreault * Amélie Martinez as Joséphine

Production

Secretly shot from 15 September through 24 October 2015, on locations in Canada,

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completed and the film entered

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in late November. The film represents Damien Odoul's seventh feature film.

Reception

''Abus de Cine '' noted in-depth films covering World War I from a French viewpoint were rare, and noted ''La Peur'' as ambitious. While the reviewer felt the film was uneven in its interpretation, he felt it was worth watching. While also noting an unevenness in interpretation, ''

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'' praised the director for immersing the viewer into the war from a uniquely French perspective, and the work of actor Nino Rocher in the lead role. ''

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'' noted director Damien Odoul's success in capturing the horrors of trench warfare through his graphic film adaptation of the memoirs of a survivor of " The Great War". '' Le Figaro'' wrote that the film was remarkable in its retelling of the fears and horrors suffered by French soldiers during World War I. '' France 24'' praised director Damien Odoul for his unfettered depictions of the true horrors seen and suffered by French soldiers from 1914 through 1918 in the trenches of World War I. While it was felt the director took liberties in his adaptation of the Gabriel Chevallier novel, the changes were as the filmmaker intended in order to contemporize the history being told.

Awards and nominations

* 2015, won the Cinema of France

award.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fear, The 2015 films 2015 drama films 2015 war drama films 2010s French-language films French war drama films Western Front (World War I) films French World War I films Films about fear 2010s French films Films scored by Colin Stetson Le Pacte films