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363 Ratings

Les Ogres

France, 2015

Drama

Synopsis

There’s drama aplenty for the travelling theatre company Chekhov Cabaret. The actors share the good times and the bad as a nomadic tribe where work and private life always mingle. They don’t mince words, these obstreperous actors with a sardonic sense of humour.

Les Ogres Directed by Léa Fehner

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Awards & Festivals

International Film Festival Rotterdam

2016 | Winner: Big Screen Award

São Paulo International Film Festival

2016

Lumiere Awards

2017 | 3 nominations including: Best Film

Taipei Film Festival

2016

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As traveling theatre troupe performs Chekhov, there are estrangements and heartaches, affairs and disasters.

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Samantha's rating of the film Les Ogres
Samantha

A wonderful film that will visually and emotionally devour you. Lea Fehner balances poetry and crudeness, lightness and aching pain, violence and tenderness with a sense of totality and generosity that is rarely seen.
February 09, 2017 03:47
- 4
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Slappy McGee's rating of the film Les Ogres
Slappy McGee

Very much in the vein of a Robert Altman type film experience. Great interest is drawn in watching these characters go through such exalted highs and then crushing lows. Quite fascinating and yet sobering about the troubled life of a group of traveling french actors. Loved it.
January 19, 2017 05:34
- 3
- 0
El Biffo's rating of the film Les Ogres
El Biffo

4+ stars for this heartwarming drama about a hyper-sexualized intentional community of vagabonding performers.
February 15, 2017 07:56
- 2
- 0
C҉ă҉t҉ă҉l҉i҉n҉'s rating of the film Les Ogres
C҉ă҉t҉ă҉l҉i҉n҉

Ugh. What's the point of this? Nothing relevant happens. It's just a bucket of liberal feels. Fuck it. Growing up and being useful is the new counterculture. Listen to your parents! Be a real rebel and clean your room! Save your mind from the depths of hell by understanding that responsibility IS the true meaning of life. Being a prisoner of perpetual adolescence is of lower quality than showing obedience to wisdom.
September 13, 2017 07:29
- 3
- 1
msmichel's rating of the film Les Ogres
msmichel

Wonderful second film from director Lea Fehner that follows a gypsy like theatrical troupe performing Chekhov submersing us into their not so conventional family atmosphere. Scripting is excellent (Fehner, Catherine Paille and Brigitte Sy) as is the wonderful troupe of actors performing here especially Marion Bouvarel and Francois Fehner. Brings to mind the work of Tony Gatlif amongst others.
February 15, 2017 01:24
- 2
- 0
mrianlawton's rating of the film Les Ogres
mrianlawton

Great stuff! An aura of verisimilitude hangs over this one - i had to look up Léa Fehner's pedigree afterwards, sure enough she grew up with a travelling troupe and it stars her father and sister. Some great scenes, about an hour's worth of arguments, but bawdy, lawless, colourful fun mixed up with a large dose of melancholy.
January 25, 2017 21:07
- 5
- 0
David R Williams's rating of the film Les Ogres
David R Williams

One of the best movies I've seen in a very long time. I felt I knew all the characters even those the film spends very little time on. I understood their hopes and dreams and the realities of life that had brought them to this point in time. Funny. Sad. Touching. Infuriating. The gamut of emotions one feels, hating those we love and welcoming them back with open arms and an open heart.
February 16, 2017 00:10
- 2
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Funda Can Çuvalcı's rating of the film Les Ogres
Funda Can Çuvalcı

The film is so sincere and powerful in its conveying the feelings, the drama. I think it is because the director has chosen to tell the story she knows best. I have learnt from another commentator that she herself grew up with a travelling troupe together with her father and sister. I am eager to watch her other works.
February 15, 2017 18:40
- 1
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Les Ogres

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Cast & Crew

Léa Fehner Director

Adèle Haenel Cast

Marc Barbé Cast

Lola Dueñas Cast

François Fehner Cast

Marion Bouvarel Cast

Inès Fehner Cast

Philippe Cataix Cast

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Léa Fehner Director

Adèle Haenel Cast

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Lola Dueñas Cast

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Marion Bouvarel Cast

Inès Fehner Cast

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