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 ?

Producers

Worso films,  Gladys Glover

Financial partners

CNC (Advance on receipts), Midi-Pyrénées Region, Arte/Cofinova

Script

Alain Guiraudie, Laurent Lunetta, Frédérique Moreau

Cast

Ludovic Berthillot, Hafsia Herzi

French release

July 15th, 2009

French distribution

& International sales

Diamond Films

Broadcast

Canal +, Cinema, ARTE

Festivals and awards

• Rio de Janeiro Film Festival (2009,2013)

• Locarno International Film Festival

• CPH PIX

• Rendez-vous with French cinema (NY)

• Turin - International Film Festival

• Vienna International Film Festival

• Tokyo - International Film Festival

• BIFF 

• Directors' Fortnight