La Maison des bois
La Maison des bois
1971
Drama
TV Mini-Series
Made in 1971 for French TV, this epic film comes from early in the Pialat's belated feature-filmmaking career. It begins in costume drama and an ethnographic view of rural French life during World War One, and in an apparently sentimental tale of war orphans. But
then it irises out from costume drama conventions into the transcendental, exploring Pialat*s spiritual themes, as well as the social dynamics, trauma and collective experiences of war. (KG)
Directed by:
Maurice Pialat
48 total credits
Maurice Pialat (31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as "realist", though many film critics acknowledge it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.
Writer:
René Wheeler
13 total credits
Credits include: Rififi, The Chorus, Fanfan la Tulipe, La Maison des bois and Le cage aux rossignols
Starring:
Fernand Gravey
24 total credits
Credits include: How to Steal a Million, La Ronde, La Maison des bois, The Great Waltz and Fantastic Night
2 total credits
Credits include: L'Enfance nue, La Maison des bois, Épisode 1 and Épisode 3
9 total credits
Credits include: Certified Copy, Oscar, La Maison des bois, Someone Behind the Door and Pièce montée
16 total credits
Credits include: La Maison des bois, The Story of a Three-Day Pass, Fortunate, Comme un cheveu sur la soupe and Les Rois du gag
3 total credits
Credits include: Loulou, My Little Loves, La Maison des bois, Épisode 1 and Épisode 2
Ratings & Reviews
Albert, the gamekeeper, lives with his wife and their two children in the house in the woods. In 1917, they welcomed three boys whose fathers had gone to the front. When they are not in school, children play at war and hide in the forest. (imdb)
The gendarmes investigate a thief who gleefully picks from the common reserve of the village. Hervé sympathizes with the elegant Count, and has lunch in his castle. (imdb)
A pleasant Sunday countryside party is organized by the inhabitants of the house of the woods. This lull is disturbed by serious news: Marcel, one of Hervé's two companions, is called to go to the front. (imdb)
A garrison stops near the village and the children see real soldiers for the first time. One of them offers his baptism to Hervé, who is overjoyed. But death is never far from the village and one of the planes crashes by accident. (imdb)
Hervé's father is visiting his son for the first time in a year. The reunion is timid and infinitely happy. But the boy soon learns the news of the death of his companion Marcel. (imdb)
It is finally the armistice. The children participate in a party before leaving the house of the woods forever. Hervé finds his father in Paris and discovers his new "mother" and his half-sister Brigitte, with whom he will now live. (imdb)
While Parisian life seems very boring to Hervé, "papa Jacques" the gamekeeper, pays him a surprise visit. His wife is very sick and he is desperate. Hervé then decides to run away to go to her and see the house of the woods one last time. (imdb)
Cast & Info
Directed by:
Maurice Pialat 48 total credits
Maurice Pialat (31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as "realist", though many film critics acknowledge it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.
Writer:
René Wheeler 13 total credits
Credits include: Rififi, The Chorus, Fanfan la Tulipe, La Maison des bois and Le cage aux rossignols
Starring:
Fernand Gravey 24 total credits
Credits include: How to Steal a Million, La Ronde, La Maison des bois, The Great Waltz and Fantastic Night
2 total credits
Credits include: L'Enfance nue, La Maison des bois, Épisode 1 and Épisode 3
9 total credits
Credits include: Certified Copy, Oscar, La Maison des bois, Someone Behind the Door and Pièce montée
16 total credits
Credits include: La Maison des bois, The Story of a Three-Day Pass, Fortunate, Comme un cheveu sur la soupe and Les Rois du gag
3 total credits
Credits include: Loulou, My Little Loves, La Maison des bois, Épisode 1 and Épisode 2
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