Synopsis
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.
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Cast
- Emmanuelle BéartOdile
- Gaspard UllielJean Delgas (alias: Yvan)
- Clémence MeyerCathy
- Samuel LabartheRobert
- Jean FornerodGeorges
- Eric Kreikenmayerle garde
- Nicholas Meadle soldat blessé
- Nigel Hollidgele refugié
- Grégoire Leprince-RinguetPhilippe
- Mike DaviesLe jeune gendarme
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
André Téchiné's beautifully ambiguous, exquisitely underplayed drama Strayed has less to do with the events and moral choices of the era that continue to shape French identity than with the timeless psychological effects of finding oneself unmoored from the familiar. - 90
Variety
A taut, suspenseful, linear approach, and a trio of excellent performances. - 90
Village Voice
As with Téchiné's best work, Strayed is a peculiar, lingering blend of robustness and delicacy--a movie with hardly a single wasted frame, incongruous word, or false gesture. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Téchiné gets deep inside the dread and exhilaration of people who have lost their bearings so suddenly they don't even have the luxury of grief. - 80
Time
Elegant and understated. - 80
The New York Times
It begins with a montage of devastating black-and-white news clips interwoven with flashes of the flight of a terrified young widow and her two children. After that, the movie softens somewhat, but it never succumbs to sentimentality. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The story is dramatic and Béart gives one of her best performances, even if Téchiné's style has its usual sense of distance. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Long expert at unforgettable characterizations, Techine turns his talents toward creating an evocative sense of time and mood.
