Clemence Meyer, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Jean Fornerod

June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs to the widespread panic and, with her two children, joins the exodus from the city. Philippe is on the cusp of adole...( read more  read more... )scence, Little Cathy knows only that they are going South. After fifty kilometers, a German plane attacks, decimating the helpless refugees. Odile and her children lose everything. A shaven-headed youth appears from nowhere and leads them away from the carnage. His name is Yvan, he's seventeen years old. Cut off from the rest of the world and living in confined quarters, Odile and Yvan find themselves confronted with their own desires.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Andre Techine

Release Date: August 20, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004

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  • November 5, 2006
    I peed my skirt.
  • October 27, 2009
    Les Égarés was a beautiful war drama. The story was understandable why the French people had to escape from Paris when it was invaded by the Germans. Emmanuelle Beart played Odile a schoolteacher who escaped from Paris with her 2 children, on the road her car was bombed by German...( read more) airplanes. She was helped by Yvan,good performed by Gaspard Ulliel. They ran into the forest and found a house, where they stayed for some days. Yvan was only 17 years old but even so he was desiring Odile, which was way older then him. Their love scene was very sensual and erotic.I was amazed by the beauty of this French actress.The story was real, attractive, original and good.
  • September 15, 2008
    I'm really really sure Gaspard was chosen as Hannibal in Hannibal Rising because of this movie. He's very intense in this one.
  • March 15, 2008
    Psychological drama with lots of interesting twists (NT)
  • November 19, 2007
    An airy poem about wartime, "Les Egares" is a good film, but that you aren't too likely to love or feel close to immediately. It paints some strong psychological portraits, especially of Yvan and Odilie, and in the end the film is very engrossing and spell-binding...but forgettab...( read more)le. It's like a moving painting, by the way, it's simply gorgeous, though not birlliant in an aesthetic way, as it is maybe on the dramatic level: it feels and looks important, and is satisfactory...but not special.
  • September 3, 2007
    Looks Okay.... but some parts are..
    ehh?
  • August 17, 2007
    I usually avoid movies with lots of French people. But damn I love Emmanuelle Beart. <3 <3 <3
  • May 2, 2007
    Brilliant movie where the main character (the mother) has to deal with an out of board situation and to keep her children away from the outside world. She seems to do fine and with the help of a young boy she will get to the final cut. For all who think to stay out of the war is ...( read more)possible. And for those who think trouble doesn't mean stop (on the bad sense). PS: If your house is safe make your room safer.
  • February 12, 2007
    c'est ce que j'appelle un punch claque dans face!!

    Sooo good. Talk about real things.

Critic Reviews


June 4, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Begins and ends with facts of war, but it is really a film about the nature of male and female, about middle-class values and those who cannot afford them, about how helpless we can be when the net of... full review

June 3, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Powerful wartime drama. full review

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