This film is an adaptation of Jean Amila's novel Le Boucher des Hurlus. The story, set in the aftermath of the war, is about Michel, a young man orphaned in this manner. He lives with his mother until she collapses under the wave of vituperation from the women in her community, who consider her murdered husband to have been a traitor. When he is sent to an orphanage, he discovers that many of the children in it are there for the same reason he is. Michel decides to escape his captivity and kill the general who ordered his father's death. He and the other children like him are able to get away from the orphanage, in the course of their journeys, they tour the grim battlefields of the recent war. Together, they return to Paris, determined to exact their revenge.
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Laure Duthilleul
Madeleine
Known for
Marie's Story
All Our Desires
Stanislas Forlani
Michel
Also in
The Closet
A Little Comfort
Jean-Denis Robert
Jean Meckert
Josiane Lévêque
Mother Velin
Known for
Uranus
I Love You, I Don't
Yves Robert
Known for
A Bad Son
The Crisis
Pierre-Arnaud Crespeau
Deveau
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Jérôme Tonnerre
Erwan Dujardin
Aristide
Also in
Queen Margot
Cédric Cousin
Beurré
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Anne See
Aunt Thérèse
Known for
Along Came Love
Danièle Delorme
Mrs. Germaine
Known for
Pardon Mon Affaire
Deadlier Than the Male
Jean-Denis Robert Director · Jérôme Tonnerre Writer Jean Meckert Author
First release May 8, 1996 · Produced in France · Production Société Française de Production (SFP), Les Productions de la Guéville
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Sofilmka
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Société Française de Production (SFP)
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Les Productions de la Guéville
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Hugo Films
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France
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Original title
Sortez des rangs
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
France · May 8, 1996
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