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Strayed (2003)

Strayed poster
Original title
Les égarés
Directed by
André Téchiné
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In World War II, a widowed mother flees occupied Paris with her two young children. They find shelter in an abandoned rural house with a mysterious teenage boy.

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What happens

Strayed (French: Les Égarés) is a 2003 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Emmanuelle Béart and Gaspard Ulliel. The plot follows a widowed mother, who escaping occupied Paris with her two young children during World War II, finds shelter with an itinerant teenager at an abandoned rural house. The film is an adaptation of Gilles Perrault's novel The Boy With Grey Eyes (Le Garçon aux yeux gris). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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