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A picture-book French film that's pretty and trite, rather than edgy and moving.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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Strayed
Overview
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.
Director and cast
- André Téchiné Director
- Emmanuelle Béart as Odile
- Gaspard Ulliel as Jean Delgas (alias: Yvan)
- Clémence Meyer as Cathy
- Samuel Labarthe as Robert
- Jean Fornerod as Georges
- Eric Kreikenmayer as le garde
- Nicholas Mead as le soldat blessé
- Robert Eliott as le jeune gendarme
- Nigel Hollidge as le refugié
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Philippe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Has the strange clarity of a fable.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
Ulliel is brilliant as a lost boy who has grown mad in a world filled with madness. And Beart's portrayal is haunting.
Melinda Ennis, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
A beautifully balanced portrait of a family that is tested and irrevocably altered by a devastating World War II experience.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
War may set the stage for Strayed, but the film's real focus is something much quieter and internal.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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