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
Les films du Worso, Gladys Glover
Financial partners
CNC (Avance sur recettes), Région Midi-Pyrénées, Arte/Cofinova
Script
Alain Guiraudie, Laurent Lunetta, Frédérique Moreau
Casting
Ludovic Berthillot, Hafsia Herzi
French release
July 15th, 2009
French distribution
& International sales
Les Films du Losange
Broadcast
Canal +, Cinécinéma, ARTE
Festivals et récompenses
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Rio de Janeiro Film Festival (2009,2013)
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Locarno International Film Festival
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CPH PIX
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Rendez-vous with French cinema (NY)
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Turin - International Film Festival
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Vienna International Film Festival
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Tokyo - International Film Festival
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BIFF
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Directors' Fortnight

