Fort Saganne

Fort Saganne

1984 · 180 min · FR · 6.0 (50 votes)
Dir. Alain Corneau · Starring Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau, Michel Duchaussoy, Jean-Laurent Cochet · Music Philippe Sarde
WarDramaHistory

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.

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A vast, unforgiving landscape mirrors the harsh realities of military life and doomed romance. This is a grand, yet intimate, exploration of duty, desire, and the crushing weight of ambition against the backdrop of a changing world.

austeremelancholicepicstarkslow-burnhistorical epicarthousesweeping cinematographycolonialismmasculinityambitionlovesacrifice
nurseworld war iafricaworld war iifeminismbigamysahara desertloverevengeslaughtercolonisationtorturemilitary hospital
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