Elles et Moi
Elles et Moi is a two-part film directed by Bernard Stora. The languages spoken in the film are French and Catalan.
Synopsis
January 1939. The fall of Barcelona declares the defeat of the Spanish Republicans. Five hundred thousand of them choose exile. Arriving in France, the men were disarmed and interned in camps, and their families are moved by the government to makeshift camps, many in Ardeche. "Elles et moi" follows the fate of the Esteva family during those terrible months and the five years of war that will follow.
While Lluis refuses to accept defeat and dreams of a future victory, Pilar seeks above all to survive and raise her children Isabel and Igniacio. She knows that this new country will be theirs for a long time and despite the difficulties, she tries to integrate. Sixty years later, Isabel Esteva, having become a world famous fashion designer, remembers her troubled times.
Technical Details
- Genre: Drama
- Time 1 () () st part: 119 min
- Duration 2 ((e)) part: 103 min
- Digital High Definition - 5.1 sound
- Country: France France Catalonia((Flag of Catalonia.svg))
- Director: Bernard Stora
- Original Screenplay: Bernard Stora and Leny Bernard
- Dialogues: Bernard Stora
Cast
- Ariadna Gil : Pilar Esteva
- Astrid Berges-Frisbey : Isabel Esteva, the daughter of Pilar and Lluís
- Danielle Darrieux : Isabel Esteva, at 80
- Àlex Brendemühl : Lluís Esteva, the husband of Pilar
- Corentin Daumas : Ignacio Esteva, the son of Pilar and Lluís
- Montserrat Carulla : Esperanza, the mother of Pilar
- Julie Depardieu : Alice Brunetti
- Jean-Pierre Marielle : Emile de Montellier
- Sam Mounier : Young Émile
- Julie Gayet : Florence de Montellier, Emile's daughter
- Scali Delpeyrat : Armand Bonel, Pilar's neighbor
- Isabelle Sadoyan : Madame Bonel, a neighbor of the Estevas in Marseille, mother of Armand
- Luis Rego : Jo Morales, the chief of the Milice
- Arnaud Denis : Patrice Brunetti, the son, lover of Isabel
- Martine Chevallier : Blanche de Montellier, Emile's wife
- Serge Riaboukine : the assistant Rouquette
- Guillaume Gallienne : Robert
- Gérard Lartigau : Jeannot, the owner of "Chic et Mode"
- Nicolas Vaude : Henri de Montellier, the haughty son
- Lola Naymark : Josette, Isabel's first girlfriend, in Privas
- Luc Palun : Paul Brunetti, Alice's rich husband
- Roger Souza : Manuel, the "camarade"
- Isabelle Tanakil : Lucette Chamberlain
- Hans Pape : Werner von Kraut
- Laurent Charpentier : Gaby
- Xavier Capdet : Juan
- Dominique Frot : Mother Superior
- Sylvie Herbert : Sister Minute Papillonne
- Jean-Michel Molé : Priest
- Chantal Banlier : the working Sister
- Pablo de la Torre : Ignacio as an adolescent
- Jean-Paul Moncorgé : Toni
- Bernard Blancan : Rafael
- Florence de Monza : TV journalist
- Casey Heagerty : English soldier