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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

  • Festival de Cannes - Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Official selection

  • Locarno international film festival - Sélection Officielle

  • Prix de l'Age d'Or Cinédécouvertes Bruxelles

  • Prix Spécial du Jury Festival de Gijon

  • Rio de Janeiro international film festival

  • Rendez-vous With French Cinema à New York

  • Torino international film festival

  • Viennale

  • Tokyo international film festival

  • Busan International Film Festival

  • Festival du Film d'Agde - Les Hérault du Cinéma

  • La Rochelle international film festival

  • Tübigen international film festival

  • San Francisco international film festival

  • Athens film festival

  • Haifa film festival

  • Leeds international film festival

  • Festival Estoril Lisboa

  • New York Film Festival

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