Le fusil de bois (1994)
At the height of the Algerian war, Sergeant Dallers discovers Lagrange in his patrol, a boy with learning disabilities enlisted by mistake. The discharge papers are delayed and Lagrange, seeking desperately to be accepted, suffers the humiliations inflicted by the other soldiers. Moved, Dallers soon takes him under his wing.
- Date of release
- 1994-10-25
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Pierre Delerive
Casting
- Samuel Le Bihan — Dallers
- Jordi Mollà — Lagrange
- Jean-François Garreaud — Morin
- Philippe Frécon — Lemaire
- Yves Collignon — Rapp
- Frédéric Saurel — Martinet
- Tonio Descanvelle — Rouches
- Fabrice Moussy — Minder
- Daniele Popescu — Benbeka
- Cătălin Păduraru — Manoni
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