Fanny's Journey

Fanny's Journey
Theatrical release poster
Le Voyage de Fanny
Directed byLola Doillon
Screenplay byAnne Peyregne
Lola Doillon
Based onLe journal de Fanny
by Fanny Ben-Ami
Produced bySaga Blanchard
Marie de Lussigny
StarringLéonie Souchaud
Fantine Harduin
Juliane Lepoureau
CinematographyPierre Cottereau
Edited byValérie Deseine
Music bySylvain Favre-Bulle
Production
companies
Origami Films
Bee Films
Distributed byMetropolitan Filmexport (France)
Release dates
  • 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) (COLCOA)
  • 18 May 2016 (2016-05-18) (France)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$7.8 million[1]
Box office$1.1 million[2]

Fanny's Journey (original title: Le Voyage de Fanny) is a 2016 French-Belgian children's[3] war drama film co-written and directed by Lola Doillon. The film is inspired by the autobiographical memoir Le journal de Fanny[4] by Fanny Ben-Ami.[5][6][7]

Plot

During WWII, a group of French Jewish children, who had been sheltered in Vichy France by the Jewish charity Œuvre de secours aux enfants for three years, must flee to Italian occupied France when the Germans occupy Vichy France and again to neutral Switzerland after the Germans occupy the Italian zone following Italy's armistice with the Allies, leaving their family and teachers behind.[8]

Cast

  • Léonie Souchaud as Fanny
  • Fantine Harduin as Erika
  • Juliane Lepoureau as Georgette
  • Ryan Brodie as Victor
  • Anaïs Meiringer as Diane
  • Lou Lambrecht as Rachel
  • Igor van Dessel as Maurice
  • Malonn Lévana as Marie
  • Lucien Khoury as Jacques
  • Cécile de France as Madame Forman
  • Stéphane De Groodt as Jean
  • Elea Körner as Helga
  • Alice D'Hauwe as Ethel
  • Jérémie Petrus as Julien

Reception

Variety described it as "a handsome, compelling period piece that deftly portrays events through the eyes of its young protagonists."[9]

Awards

The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival CineMondays,[10] and the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2017.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Le Voyage de Fanny". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ^ "Le voyage de Fanny (Fanny's Journey)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Fanny's Journey [programme note]". BFI. 2022. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2022. By keeping the worst events off screen, Fanny's Journey is accessible for a family audience and is an absorbing, inspiring tale of bravery and determination. Suitable for ages 8+.
  4. ^ Ben-Ami, Fanny (2011). Le journal de Fanny. Paris: Seuil jeunesse. ISBN 978-2-02-105327-2.
  5. ^ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ "" Le Voyage de Fanny " : l'incroyable épopée d'une passeuse de 13 ans". Le Monde. 17 May 2016.
  7. ^ Fox, Michael (2017-02-23). "True story of young girl's derring-do lifts Holocaust escape film". J. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  8. ^ Julie Cadilhac (1 May 2016). "Le voyage de Fanny : neuf enfants, ensemble, contre l'adversité dans la France de 1943". La Grande Parade. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 2016.
  10. ^ "Audience Award Winners," Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
  11. ^ "2017 AJFF Audience Award Winners Announced". Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2024-09-28.