Cafard | |
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Directed by | Jan Bultheel |
Written by | Jan Bultheel |
Music by | Hans Helewaut [1] |
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Distributed by | Eurozoom |
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Running time | 92 minutes [3] |
Countries | France Netherlands Belgium |
Languages | French Dutch |
Cafard is a 2015 French-Dutch-Belgian animated war film written and directed by Jan Bultheel. [4] The film tells the story of a boxer, Jean Mordant (based on the real-life Henri Herd, known as Constant le Marin), who joins the Belgian Expeditionary Corps which is sent to the Russian Empire during World War I in order to avenge the rape of his daughter by German soldiers in Occupied Belgium. [5]
Role | French dub | Dutch dub |
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Jean Mordant | Benoît Magimel | Wim Willaert |
Victor | Jean-Hugues Anglade | Sebastien Dewaele |
Jelena Dimitrieva Doctorow | Julie Gayet | Dinara Droukarova |
Guido | Maarten Ketels | |
Édouard Coppenole | Benoit Gob | |
The film was theatrically released in Belgium on 23 September 2015, and in France on 12 December. [2] It grossed $20,771 in Belgium, [6] and received positive reviews from critics. [5] [7]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Magritte Awards | 6 February 2016 | Best Flemish Film | Cafard | Nominated |
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