Malevil
Christian de Chalonge
The mayor of a small village, who lives in an old castle, is home bottling wine in the cellar with some friends. Suddenly, there is a deafening sound, a fiery heat, a horrible sensation of suffocation... Above is only desolation, gaping craters and black rain; carbonised men and animals. In the stable, only a few animals have survived...
With : Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Robert Dhery, Jacques Villeret, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pénélope Palmer, Jean Leuvrais, Emilie Lihou, Jacqueline Parent, Edouard Linkers, Marianik Révillon
Screenplay : Christian de Chalonge, Pierre Dumayet librement inspiré du roman "Malevil" de Robert Merle
Image : Jean Penzer
Editing : Henri Lanoë
Music : Gabriel Yared
Screenplay : Christian de Chalonge, Pierre Dumayet librement inspiré du roman "Malevil" de Robert Merle
Image : Jean Penzer
Editing : Henri Lanoë
Music : Gabriel Yared
Production : Claude Nejdar, Nef Diffusion, Stella Films (Munich), A2, Gibe-Telecip
Distribution: Connaissance du Cinéma
Distribution: Connaissance du Cinéma
Malevil isn't the first attempt to adapt a Robert Merle novel, but it is the first for which financing could be found. "We worked with biologists and military officials, but our film is the opposite of a tract about the horrors of nuclear war. What matters to us is to show how a handful of humans will learn how to live again." (C. de Chalonge) "Malevil is constantly pushing the limit between the real and fantasy, and because it is a very austere and solemn film, it all unfolds without a single commentary." (J. Villeret)