Le jeune Werther (1993)

Réalisateur:

Jacques Doillon

Scénariste:

Jacques Doillon (written by)

Date de sortie:

31 mars 1993 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Récompenses:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

One of the most exquisite films about loss of innocence

Ensemble

Ismaël Jolé-Ménébhi	...	Ismael
Faye Anastasia	...	Faye
Jessica Tharaud	...	Jessica
Mirabelle Rousseau	...	Mirabelle
Miren Capello	...	Miren
Pierre Mezerette	...	Pierre
Simon Clavière	...	Simon
Sunny Lebrati	...	Sunny
Thomas Brémond	...	Theo
Pierre Encrèvé	...	Headmaster
Margot Abascal	...	Guillaume's Sister
Hervé Duhamel	...	French Teacher
Marie de Laubier	...	Maths Teacher
Ève Guillou	...	History Teacher
Bertrand Figuier	...	Photographer
Julie Nesic	...	Young Girl at Church
Evylyne Nesic	...	Miren's Parent
Yannick La Bruyere	...	Miren's Parent
Philippe Chanoine	...	Physics Teacher
Alexander Boutry	...	Guillaume's Friend

Réalisé par
Jacques Doillon

Scénaristes
Jacques Doillon		(written by)

Produit par
Christine Gozlan	....	executive producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Musique originale
Philippe Sarde

Image
Christophe Pollock

Montage
Nicole Lubtchansky

Directeur de production
Sylvain Blache	....	unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Hervé Duhamel	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Pascal Chauvin	....	sound effects
Pascal Dedeye	....	assistant sound effects
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound
Jean-Claude Laureux	....	sound
Joël Rangon	....	sound effects recordist
Brigitte Taillandier	....	sound assistant

Caméra et Département Electrique
Emmanuelle Collinot	....	assistant camera
Barris Davis	....	gaffer
Mohamed Khaznadji	....	key grip
David Quesemand	....	best boy

Département Casting
Bertrand Figuier	....	casting and director team
Ève Guillou	....	casting and director team
Marie de Laubier	....	casting and director team
Rafi Pitts	....	casting and director team

Dpartement Editorial
Valentine Duley	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Keith Harvey	....	musician: cello
Jules Massenet	....	composer: Score based on "Werther" (as Massenet)
Gilbert Roussel	....	musician: accordion
John Timperley	....	music recordist

Divers
Fabien Adelin	....	double recording
Hubert Bougis	....	art collaboration
Martine Dupard	....	production secretary
Louis Grau	....	general administration
Jerome Karoum	....	administrator
John Nixon	....	concertina player
Stan Sulzmann	....	soprano sax player

Companies de production

• Lola Films
• Home Made Movies
• Les Films Alain Sarde

Distributeurs

• Studio Canal (1993) (worldwide) (all media) (rights)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (1993) (France) (theatrical)
• MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD)
• Wild Bunch (2004) (France) (all media) (re-issue)
• Artificial Eye (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Equinoxe Films (1994) (Canada) (theatrical) (French region)
• TiMe Medienvertriebs GmbH (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)

Autres Companies

• Car Grip Films  set material
• Chevereau  moviecam camera
• J.F.P.M. & Associes  general administration (executive producer)
• Microfilms  titles
• Polygram Projets Spéciaux  music collaborator
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music recording
• Studios de Billancourt  auditorium
• Studios de Billancourt  editing
• Telegrip  set material
• Transpalux  electrical material

Autre(s) titre(s):

Young Werther

Durée:

UK:94 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Fujicolor)

Classification:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | UK:15

Société:

Lola Films

Bande son:

Shadder

One of the most exquisite films about loss of innocence

This film starts from a wonderful concept. The psychological situation represented in Goethe's famous story is transplanted into adolescents in modern Paris. The structuring event (the suicide of Ismael's best friend) has already taken place when the film begins, and Doillon and his young actors do a magnificent job of convincing us of the trauma that this creates. What makes the film to totally memorable is the way that it seamlessly moves from a mystery story into an unforgettable examination of the vulnerability of young emotions. As Ismael and his classmates jump to conclusions and then discover the enigmatic Miren, we are dragged into their world and their sensibility. I have always (at least from 'La Drolesse' until the disaster of 'Les Petites Freres') believed that Doillon was the only truly great French director of his generation. But this great little masterpiece seems to even take him to a higher level. This is one of the very few films that demonstrates that the greatest pain in life comes from falling in love with the inaccessible. Thank you, Jacques.