Nika in her early twenties, leaves Ukraine to follow her boyfriend Vlad, a fresh soldier based in a
military camp in Corsica. She will meet Céline, wife of Commander Maxime, who will lead her through the codified world of the spouses. While Vlad is becoming obsessed with the legionnaire’s life, Nika and Céline are hit by the distance and the sacrifice of what they hoped to be a traditional family life.
Presented in the Directors` Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Mon Légionnaire
2021
16 years
107 min.
Fiction
Belgium, France
France, Belgium, feminism, international festivals, men, female directors, love relationship, social portrait
Colorido
Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang
Fiona Braillon
Sophie Vercruysse
Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Camille Cottin, Ina Marija Bartaite, Jean Michelangeli, Louis Garrel, Naidra Ayadi
Benoît Roland, Jérémy Forni
Chevaldeuxtrois, Wrong Men
Odezenne
Bac Films
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