THE KING OF ESCAPE
ALAIN GUIRAUDIE
Synopsis
Forty-three-year-old Armand Lacourtade, a farm equipment vendor, can no longer stand the single homosexual life. When he encounters Curly, a fearless teenage girl, he totally changes tack. Pursued by all and sundry, they brave all dangers in order to live this forbidden love and end up forming a peculiar couple. But is this really what Armand was dreaming of ?
Scenario
Alain Guiraudie et Laurent Lunetta with the collaboration of Frédérique Moreau
Cast
Ludovic Berthillot and Hafsia Herzi
Production
Les films du Worso, Gladys Glover
Financial partners
CNC (Avance sur recettes),
Région Midi-Pyrénées, Arte/Cofinova
French distribution and sales
Les Films du Losange
Broadcasters
Canal +, Cinécinéma, ARTE
Genre
Adventure, comedy, drama
Release date
July 15th, 2009
Running time
97 min
Festivals and distinctions
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Festival de Cannes - Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Official selection
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Locarno international film festival - Sélection Officielle
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Prix de l'Age d'Or Cinédécouvertes Bruxelles
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Prix Spécial du Jury Festival de Gijon
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Rio de Janeiro international film festival
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Rendez-vous With French Cinema à New York
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Torino international film festival
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Viennale
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Tokyo international film festival
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Busan International Film Festival
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Festival du Film d'Agde - Les Hérault du Cinéma
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La Rochelle international film festival
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Tübigen international film festival
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San Francisco international film festival
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Athens film festival
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Haifa film festival
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Leeds international film festival
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Festival Estoril Lisboa
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New York Film Festival
