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Savage Souls ( French: Les âmes fortes) is a 2001 French costume drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is based on the 1949 novel Les Âmes fortes by Jean Giono. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
May 22, 2001 · Savage Souls: Directed by Raúl Ruiz. With Laetitia Casta, Frédéric Diefenthal, Arielle Dombasle, John Malkovich. At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number.
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- Drama, Romance
- Raúl Ruiz
- 2001-05-22
Savage Souls. Based on the celebrated novel by Jean Giono and set in 1880s Provence, "Les Âmes Fortes" tells the story of Thérèse (Laetitia Casta), a passionate serving girl, who rises to ...
- Drama
- Laetitia Casta
- Raúl Ruiz
Savage Souls (2001) Original title: Les âmes fortes 120 min | Drama, Romance At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of the...
By David Stratton. Thoughtful, intelligent and classically beautiful, Raul Ruiz’s stately film adaptation of a 1949 novel by celebrated, and at times controversial, French...
Directed by Raúl Ruiz. At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence.
In 1882, Therese, a young maid from the countryside, elopes with her fiance Firmin to a nearby town. Once there she discovers that nobody can rule over her: she is a savage soul. Therese meets another savage soul, the elegant and mysterious Madame Numance, benefactress of the town, with whom she...
