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Le Dernier des fous (2006)

Le Dernier des fous poster
Original title
Le dernier des fous
Directed by
Laurent Achard
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy lives in a crumbling rural French estate with his dysfunctional family. As his mother's mental health declines and his father grows more distant, the boy retreats into a private world of fantasy and desperation.

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What happens

Le Dernier des fous (also titled The Last of the Crazy People and Demented) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Laurent Achard. It won the Best Direction Award at the Locarno International Film Festival, and the Prix Jean Vigo in 2006. The scenario is based on The Last of the Crazy People (1967) by Canadian author Timothy Findley, translated into French in 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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