L'Astragale (2015 film)

L'Astragale
Film poster
Directed byBrigitte Sy
Screenplay bySerge Le Péron
Brigitte Sy
Based onL'Astragale
by Albertine Sarrazin
Produced byPaulo Branco
StarringLeïla Bekhti
Reda Kateb
CinematographyFrédéric Serve
Edited byJulie Dupré
Music byBéatrice Thiriet
Production
companies
Alfama Films
France 3 Cinéma
Distributed byAlfama Films
Release date
  • 8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$1.8 million [1]
Box office$149.000 [2]

L'Astragale is a 2015 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It is the second film adaptation of the 1965 semi-autobiographical novel L'Astragale by Albertine Sarrazin, after Guy Casaril's L'Astragale (1968).[3]

Plot

Despite a privileged upbringing with adopted parents, Albertine develops a crush for Marie, a delinquent girl, and is arrested after an armed robbery together. Climbing out of jail with seven years still to serve, she collapses by a highway, having broken her astragal, a tiny bone in the foot. She is rescued by Julien, a professional criminal who happens to be passing, and he leaves her in Paris with Nini, a prostitute he knows. Though he pays for an operation to her damaged foot and gets her false identity papers, his way of life means indefinite absences. Unable to risk legitimate work, Albertine takes up prostitution and saves up for a hoped-for future with Julien. She is found by Marie, who rekindles their affair but is once again arrested. Then Julien is arrested and jailed: Albertine does not dare to visit, but learns that he is visited by Catherine, another woman in his life. Once he is released, she demands that he give up Catherine and he drives off to do so. When he gets back in the morning, he sees two policemen taking Albertine away.

Cast

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Lumières Awards[4] Best Music Béatrice Thiriet Nominated

References

  1. ^ "L\'Astragale (2015) (2015) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Astragal".
  3. ^ "'L'Astragale': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016.


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