The Living World
7.0
An ogre keeps in his castle two children, whom he intends to eat. A knight and his companion will try to save them, and will be assisted by the ogre's wife, who thus will also get rid of her husband. A medieval story in contemporary settings.
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Cast
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Christelle Prot
Pénélope
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Alexis Loret
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Eugène Green
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Claude Berda
Adrien Michaux
Nicolas
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Olivier Bronckart
Benoît Biral
Laurène Cheilan
Demoiselle
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Raphaël O'Byrne
Achille Trocellier
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Luc Dardenne
Eugène Green Director · Raphaël O'Byrne Cinematographer Xiaoxing Cheng Editor
First release May 18, 2003 · Produced in Belgium, France · Production Les Films du Fleuve, AB3
Production
MACT Productions
Production
Les Films du Fleuve
Production
AB3
Production
Belgium · France
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Languages
Original title
Le Monde vivant
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 18, 2003
Premiere · Festival de Cannes
France · November 26, 2003
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
July 7, 2003 · Brussels Cinédécouvertes Film Festival
Hungary
April 4, 2005 · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Netherlands
January 25, 2004 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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