Savage Souls
Les Âmes fortes
Release: 2001-05-20
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 4.9
Drama
Romance
At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she makes the acquaintance of the wealthy Madame Numance, who is known for her good deeds. Realising that Thérèse is pregnant and unemployed, Madame Numance insists that she moves into a house on her estate. Whilst Firmin resents the arrangement, Thérèse soon finds that she can exploit the situation, using her benefactor's naivety and generosity for her own gain..
Production Countries
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Production Companies
Les Films du Lendemain
MDI Productions
ARTE France Cinéma
Cast
Johan Leysen
as Rampal
Christian Vadim
as Le pasteur
Frédéric Diefenthal
as Firmin
Jacqueline Staup
as Deuxieme femme veillee
Louis-Charles Sirjacq
as Le medecin
John Malkovich
as Monsieur Numance
Charles Berling
as Reveillard
Nathalie Boutefeu
as Charlotte
Arielle Dombasle
as Madame Numance
Édith Scob
as Première femme veillée
Antoine Chain
as Jeune homme
Laetitia Casta
as Thérèse
Monique Mélinand
as Thérèse âgée
Corine Blue
as Jeune femme veillee
