The Last Flight (2009 film)

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The Last Flight
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French poster
Directed by Karim Dridi
Written byKarim Dridi
Pascal Arnold  [ fr ]
Sylvain Estibal (novel)
Produced byJean Cottin
Sidonie Dumas
Starring Marion Cotillard
Guillaume Canet
CinematographyAntoine Monod
Edited byLise Beaulieu
Music by Le Trio Joubran
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 16 December 2009 (2009-12-16)(France)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Last Flight (Le dernier vol) is a 2009 French film. Directed by Karim Dridi, it stars Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet. The film is based on the French novel Le dernier vol de Lancaster by Sylvain Estibal which is loosely based on the real life events surrounding the disappearance of British aviator Bill Lancaster.

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Synopsis

Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont (Cotillard) goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet (Canet) of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.

Cast

Production

Karim Dridi decided to develop the film after reading French journalist Sylvain Estibal's novel Le dernier vol de Lancaster. Dridi had travelled through the Sahara and was interested in making The Last Flight because he felt the novel could be made into a film that deviated from the normal conventions of the romantic epic. [1] After he narrated the story to Marion Cotillard, she agreed to play Marie, a character loosely based on Lancaster's real-life lover, Chubbie Miller.

The Last Flight was originally scheduled to begin shooting in Niger, [2] but due to safety concerns it was filmed in and around the Moroccan village of Merzouga. [3] Due to the location change, Tuareg actors had to be brought in from Mali. For his role in the film as a French lieutenant who has assimilated to Tuareg culture, Guillaume Canet learned Tamasheq, the Tuareg language. [4]

Reception

Critical response

The film received mixed reviews. While critics praised Antoine Monod's cinematography, they criticised the story for a perceived lack of originality, comparing it to The English Patient and The Sheltering Sky . [1] [5] [6]

Box office

The Last Flight opened in France in the fifth position behind Avatar , Arthur and the Invisibles , Nicolas Vanier's Loup  [ fr ], and Frédéric Berthe's  [ fr ] RTT  [ fr ]. By 27 December it had earned only $2.8 million. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 ""Le dernier vol": retrouvailles du couple Cotillard-Canet sur fond d'ennui désertique". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). 14 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Anthony Palou (15 December 2009). "Marion Cotillard, la passion d'une battante". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Anthony Palau (15 December 2009). "" Le dernier vol " : huis clos en plein désert". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  4. ↑ ""Le Dernier Vol" - Marion Cotillard et Guillaume Canet : Une romance bien réelle". France Soir (in French). 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Fionnuala Halligan (15 December 2009). "The Last Flight (Le Dernier Vol)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Jordan Mintzer (20 December 2009). "The Last Flight". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  7. ↑ Frank Segers (27 December 2009). "'Avatar' wows 'em worldwide". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 January 2010.[ dead link ]
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