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Actors: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Claude Rich, André Falcon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Capitaine Conan |
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CAPITAINE CONAN is a French movie co-written and directed by Bertrand Tavernier in 1996. This film earned two french Academy awards (Best Actor and Best Director) in 1997.
The setting is the Bulgarian frontier in the Balkans at the end of WWI. Lt. De Scève makes the acquaintance of Capt. Conan who, with his men, infiltrates every night the enemy lines in order to fight hand-to-hand with the Bulgarians. Conan is a real war hero who loves dangerous situations.
When the armistice is signed, the company moves back to Bucarest, Romania. For months, the men will stay there, waiting for their return to France. Lt. De Scève is appointed army prosecutor with the task to settle the cases of the soldiers who have committed an offense during the war. De Scèves is a reasonable man who always finds excuses to save the life of his men who don't deserve such a disproportionate penalty considering the courage they showed during the action.
The company is finally transferred to the Russian frontier in order to prevent the Russians who, a few months earlier were allies, from moving west.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Capitaine Conan |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW I
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- military on trial
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
City?
Yes
City:
- rude people
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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