Les Anarchistes Explained

Les Anarchistes
Director:	Elie Wajeman
Producer:	Lola Gans
Music:	Gloria Jacobsen
Cinematography:	David Chizallet
Editing:	François Quiqueré
Distributor:	Mars Distribution
Runtime:	101 minutes^[1]
Country:	France
Language:	French
Gross:	$155,554^[2]

Les Anarchistes (English: The Anarchists) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Elie Wajeman and co-written with Gaëlle Macé. It was selected to open the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

In 1899, brigadier Corporal Jean Albertini is recruited to infiltrate a group of anarchists.

Cast

• Tahar Rahim as Corporal Jean Albertini^[4]
• Adèle Exarchopoulos as Judith Lorillard
• Swann Arlaud as Elisée
• Guillaume Gouix as Eugène Lévêque
• Cédric Kahn as Gaspar
• Sarah Le Picard as Marie-Louise Chevandier
• Karim Leklou as Biscuit
• Emilie de Preissac as Clothilde Lapiower
• Thilbault Lacroix as Albert Vuillard
• Arieh Worthalter as Adrian
• Simon Bellouard as Hans
• Aurélia Poirier as Martha

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
César Awards^[5]	Most Promising Actor	Swann Arlaud
Lumières Awards^[6]		David Chizallet

Notes and References

1. Web site: LES ANARCHISTES - THE ANARCHISTS (12A) . . 2 November 2015 . 2 November 2015.
2. Web site: Les anarchistes . Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Cannes 2015 Info and Announcements, in Real Time . Christophe Beney . 17 April 2015. Accréds.
4. Web site: Les Anarchistes . 17 April 2015 . 24 Mai Production.
5. Web site: 'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations . Variety. 27 January 2016 .
6. Web site: Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations . 4 January 2016 . AlloCiné.