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Les Randonneurs
1997 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: Philippe Harel
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Script: Eric Assous, Philippe Harel, Dodine Herry, Nelly Ryher
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Photo: Gilles Henry
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Music: Philippe Eidel
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Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde (Eric),
Karin Viard (Coralie nicknamed Cora),
Vincent Elbaz (Mathieu Lacaze),
Philippe Harel (Louis Lacaze),
Géraldine Pailhas (Nadine),
Vicky Albertini (La première belle randonneuse),
Clara Bellar (Eve),
Michel Casang (Le premier contact),
Etienne Castelane (Le chauffeur de la camionnette),
Alexis Ceccaldi (Le deuxième compagnon des randonneuses),
Pascal Ceccaldi (Le premier compagnon des randonneuses),
Philippe Cotten,
Franck Crombet (Le fiancé d'Eva),
Marine Delterme (Bernadette),
Salomé de Maat,
Cécile Francon (La deuxième belle randonneuse),
Louise Germaine (Jennifer)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 95 min
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Aka: Hikers
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Summary
Five 30-something friends decide to take a break from their busy Parisian lives and head
off on an arduous walking tour in the mountains of Corsica. Their complicated love
lives follow them in what proves to be an increasingly fraught nightmare of a holiday.
Louis is anxious about walking out on his latest girlfriend, while Cora, the one who is
least suited for a mountain hike, is hankering after Mr Right. Nadine thinks she
has found her man in Eric, their practically minded but somewhat pompous guide, but will
he give up his wife and family for her? Mathieu, meanwhile, has no interest
in a long-term relationship but appears to have no problem picking up the chicks.
If the five friends weren’t traumatised at the start of their holiday, they probably will
be at the end of it…
Review
Philippe Harel’s third full length film was this well-received comedy in which Harel stars
alongside the popular Belgian comedian Benoît Poelvoorde and talented actress Karin
Viard. The adventures of a seemingly ill-matched group of reluctant hikers
makes entertaining viewing, although Harel eschews the out-and-out burlesque in favour
of convincing character development (the one notable exception being a deliciously funny
“silent” sequence which succinctly parodies the whole man-woman thing in the late 20th
century). Not perhaps as daring or as funny as it deserves to be, Les
Randonneurs nonetheless offers an amusing, characteristically French take on the
American Friends-style comedy.
© James Travers 2006
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