- "L'Etat sauvage" follows young French women trying to flee Missouri during the American Civil War.
- Alice Isaaz and Déborah François camp there subtle and original characters.
- Director David Perrault signs an adventure film that is both intimate and spectacular.
We left director David Perrault with the wrestlers of Our heroes died this evening in 2013. Here he is back with L'Etat sauvage , a western as successful as ambitious. More than Jacques Audiard for Les Frères Sisters , the filmmaker has chosen to tackle this typically American genre by bringing it a French and feminist touch through his two heroines embodied by Alice Isaaz and Déborah François.
"When I discovered that there were French settlers in Missouri during the Civil War, it inspired me to start a western," says the filmmaker at 20 Minutes . The latter do not take a position between the Southerners and the Northerners, which leaves them in an overhang and forces them to leave their domain. Between historical drama, adventures in superb landscapes and intimate reflection, David Perrault succeeds in an original and thrilling work.
An "Italian" approach
“I'm a big fan of genre cinema, insists the filmmaker. I wanted to tackle the western as did the Italians at the time of Sergio Leone, namely to appropriate a genre which a priori does not belong to me. To do this, David Perrault flirts with the fantastic in order to develop his heroines on the run, trying to reach New York to escape the conflict. Their journey takes the spectator into a wild as sublime nature. The film was shot in Canada in very harsh conditions which favor this impression of change of scenery.
Between strength and fragility
The heroines, well established, also bring a very personal touch to L'Etat sauvage . "I did not want to feminize male archetypes," he insists. My choice was to create characters of credible women. Manhandled by men who want to decide everything, they discover freedom by moving from an enclosed environment to the great outdoors. "They escape a world that corsets them by learning to manage danger," says David Perrault. Their strength and fragility make them take the painful path of necessary emancipation.
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An intimate adventure story
The power of a mysterious mercenary, played by Kevin Janssens, Flemish actor seen in The Ardennes , also hovers a sensual tension on The Wild State . "I designed this film as an intimate adventure story," says David Perrault. Maybe that's why I think it is typically French. In any case, he manages to fascinate by training the public on tracks full of pitfalls.
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