''Our Men'' (french: Mon légionnaire) is a 2021 French-Belgian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
, written and directed by Rachel Lang. It stars
Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in '' The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. ,
Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...
,
Ina Marija Bartaité and
Aleksandr Kuznetsov.
It had its world premiere at the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
in the
Directors Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section on 15 July 2021. It released in France on 6 October 2021, by
Bac Films
BAC Films is a French film production and distribution company. Based in Paris, the company was founded in 1986 by Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann, and Stéphane Sorlat. Capital shares of the company were re-allocated in 1988 when Vivendi took 10% f ...
.
Cast
*
Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in '' The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. as Maxime
*
Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...
as Céline
*
Ina Marija Bartaité as Nika
*
Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Vlad
*
Jean Le Peltier
Jean Le Peltier is a Belgian-French film and stage director, writer and actor.
After developing an interest in acting, Le Peltier studied performing arts at the Rennes 2 University in France and graduated from there in 2008. He began working in t ...
as Romain
Production
In January 2018, it was announced Rachel Lang would direct the film, from a screenplay she wrote. In November 2019, it was announced
Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in '' The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. ,
Camille Cottin
Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...
,
Ina Marija Bartaité
and
Aleksandr Kuznetsov had joined the cast of the film, with
Bac Films
BAC Films is a French film production and distribution company. Based in Paris, the company was founded in 1986 by Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann, and Stéphane Sorlat. Capital shares of the company were re-allocated in 1988 when Vivendi took 10% f ...
set to distribute.
Release
It had its world premiere at the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
in the
Directors Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section on 15 July 2021. It released in France on 6 October 2021.
Critical reception
Peter Bradshaw of ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' gave the film a four out of five stars writing: "Rachel Lang delivers an unadorned tour de force."
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 9348908
2021 films
2020s French-language films
2020s war drama films
2021 drama films
Belgian war drama films
French war drama films
2020s French films