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Fort du Fou

  • 1963
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Fort du Fou (1963)
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A refugee crisis in Vietnam occurs which complicates an French army captain's primary mission of securing a fort.A refugee crisis in Vietnam occurs which complicates an French army captain's primary mission of securing a fort.A refugee crisis in Vietnam occurs which complicates an French army captain's primary mission of securing a fort.

  • Director
    • Léo Joannon
  • Writers
    • Georges Kessel
    • Léo Joannon
  • Stars
    • Jacques Harden
    • Alain Saury
    • Jean Rochefort
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    52
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    • Director
      • Léo Joannon
    • Writers
      • Georges Kessel
      • Léo Joannon
    • Stars
      • Jacques Harden
      • Alain Saury
      • Jean Rochefort
    • 1User review
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    Jacques Harden
    Jacques Harden
    • Le capitaine Noyelles
    Alain Saury
    Alain Saury
    • Le lieutenant Veyrac
    Jean Rochefort
    Jean Rochefort
    • Le sergent Hérange
    Foun-Sen
    • Xuan
    Jean-Loup Reynold
    Jean-Loup Reynold
    • Le soldat Bernard Jules
    Mai-Trung
    • Le curé
    Van Quynh
    • Le chef Viet Minh
    Stan Dylik
    • L'adjudant-chef Prétot
    Laurent Dumm
    • Le sergent Durrieu
    Le Bâ Dat
    • Le sergent Minh
    Paul Luu Dinh
    • Lu Banh
    Nguyen Thi Tuyet
    • Marie Phuong
    Michel Charrel
    Michel Charrel
    • Le soldat Vincent
    Robert Maurice
    • Le soldat Masson
    François Brincourt
    • Le soldat Isnard
    Bernard Hug
    • Le soldat Buffet
    Claude Laugier
    • Le radio
    Phan Thi Hoan
    • La petite Hoang
    • Director
      • Léo Joannon
    • Writers
      • Georges Kessel
      • Léo Joannon
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    Hold the fort for what it's worth

    From "Le Défroqué" onwards ,most of Leo Joannon's movies are steeped in Sulpitian kitsch ,an indomitable faith in God and self-sacrifice.

    This may be seemingly a war movie :during Indo-China war ,French soldiers and their protégés ,Christian refugees ,take refuge in a fort ("Fort Du Fou"= the lunatic's fort);in the army there are also Vietnamese recruits "traitors to their cause" for the Viet-Minhs .

    Anyone who knows Joannon's immediate past would expect the worst :against all odds,the director managed this absurd task pretty well.

    The fort is surrounded by the enemy,the Minhs ,and the besieged are eagerly waiting for a convoy of reinforcements ,food and medicines.Inside ,the soldiers are feeling down in the dumps but the -Vietnamise- priest has the children sing "Il Est Né Le Divin Infant " and "Je Suis Chretien " in their own language .

    All around the fort,loudspeakers scream at imperialism,shout angrily at the traitors and the French lieutenant ;blowing hot and cold,the propaganda and the messages become more and more personal :the captain's private life is revealed:he secretly married a Vietnamese woman who cheated on him with the famous lieutenant.

    Joannon,with a great economy of means ,succeeded in building a tension,a stifling atmosphere with those voices which seem to come from nowhere ;true to himself,he praises self-sacrifice (see "Le Défroqué " "Le Secret De Sœur Angèle" "Le Désert De Pigalle") ,but this time without becoming ridiculous.

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      French visa # 20821.

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    • Release date
      • January 16, 1963 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Outpost in Indo-china
    • Filming locations
      • Rizières de Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Films Borderie
      • Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica
      • Société Parisienne de Sonorisation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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