Fanny's Journey
Theatrical release poster
Le Voyage de Fanny
Directed byLola Doillon
Screenplay byAnne Peyregne
Lola Doillon
Based onLe journal de Fanny
by Fanny Ben-Ami
Produced bySaga Blanchard
Marie de Lussigny
StarringLéonie Souchaud
Fantine Harduin
Juliane Lepoureau
CinematographyPierre Cottereau
Edited byValérie Deseine
Music bySylvain Favre-Bulle
Production
companies
Origami Films
Bee Films
Distributed byMetropolitan Filmexport (France)
Release dates
  • 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) (COLCOA)
  • 18 May 2016 (2016-05-18) (France)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$7.8 million[1]
Box office$1.1 million[2]

Fanny's Journey (original title: Le Voyage de Fanny) is a 2016 French-Belgian children's[3] war drama film co-written and directed by Lola Doillon. The film is inspired by the autobiographical memoir Le journal de Fanny[4] by Fanny Ben-Ami.[5][6][7]

Plot

In Vichy France, 1943, a group of French Jewish children, who had been sheltered by the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (French: [œvʁ də səkuʁ oz‿ɑ̃fɑ̃], Children's Aid Society) for three years, must now flee to neutral Switzerland, separated from any adults they can trust.[8]

Cast

  • Léonie Souchaud as Fanny
  • Fantine Harduin as Erika
  • Juliane Lepoureau as Georgette
  • Ryan Brodie as Victor
  • Anaïs Meiringer as Diane
  • Lou Lambrecht as Rachel
  • Igor van Dessel as Maurice
  • Malonn Lévana as Marie
  • Lucien Khoury as Jacques
  • Cécile de France as Madame Forman
  • Stéphane De Groodt as Jean
  • Elea Körner as Helga
  • Alice D'Hauwe as Ethel
  • Jérémie Petrus as Julien

Reception

Variety described it as "a handsome, compelling period piece that deftly portrays events through the eyes of its young protagonists."[9]

Awards

The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival CineMondays,[10] and the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2017.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Le Voyage de Fanny". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ↑ "Le voyage de Fanny (Fanny's Journey)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ↑ "Fanny's Journey [programme note]". BFI. 2022. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2022. By keeping the worst events off screen, Fanny's Journey is accessible for a family audience and is an absorbing, inspiring tale of bravery and determination. Suitable for ages 8+.
  4. ↑ Ben-Ami, Fanny (2011). Le journal de Fanny. Paris: Seuil jeunesse. ISBN 978-2-02-105327-2.
  5. ↑ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 1 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "" Le Voyage de Fanny " : l'incroyable épopée d'une passeuse de 13 ans". Le Monde. 17 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Fox, Michael (2017-02-23). "True story of young girl's derring-do lifts Holocaust escape film". J. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  8. ↑ Julie Cadilhac (1 May 2016). "Le voyage de Fanny : neuf enfants, ensemble, contre l'adversité dans la France de 1943". La Grande Parade. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Film Review: 'Fanny's Journey'". Variety. 2016.
  10. ↑ "Audience Award Winners," Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
  11. ↑ "2017 AJFF Audience Award Winners Announced". Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
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