War in the Highlands

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War in the Highlands
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Theatrical release poster
French La Guerre dans le Haut Pays
Directed by Francis Reusser
Written by
Based onLa Guerre dans le Haut Pays
by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
Produced by
  • Gérard Ruey [1]
  • Jean-Louis Porchet [1]
Starring Marion Cotillard
Cinematography Christophe Beaucarne [1]
Edited byJacques Witta [1]
Music byJean-François Monot [1]
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Frenetic Films (Switzerland) [2]
  • Rezo Films (France) [2]
  • Cooperative Nouveau Cinéma (Belgium) [2]
Release dates
  • 7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)(Switzerland) [3]
  • 5 May 1999 (1999-05-05)(France) [1]
Running time
105 minutes [4]
Countries
LanguageFrench [2]
Budget4,8 million francs [3]

War in the Highlands (French : La Guerre dans le Haut Pays) is a 1998 war drama film written and directed by Francis Reusser and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is a co-production between Switzerland, France and Belgium and it is based on the 1915 novel La Guerre dans le Haut-Pays by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, concerning Switzerland in the Napoleonic era. [4] The film was released theatrically in Switzerland on 7 October 1998, and in France on 5 May 1999. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 71st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [5]

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Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Autrans Mountain Film Festival for her performance. The film also competed for the Golden Bear at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. [6]

Plot

Cast

Awards and nominations

YearAward / FestivalCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
1999Autrans Mountain Film FestivalSpecial Mention - Best Actress Marion Cotillard Won [7]
Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Francis Reusser Nominated [8] [9]
Swiss Film Award Best Feature FilmNominated [2]

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