Nanou (film)

Nanou
Directed by	Conny Templeman
Screenplay by	Conny Templeman Antoine Lacomblez
Produced by	Simon Perry Patrick Sandrin
Starring	Imogen Stubbs Jean-Philippe Écoffey Michel Robin Daniel Day-Lewis Roger Ibáñez Lou Castel
Cinematography	Martin Fuhrer
Edited by	Tom Priestley
Music by	John E. Keane
Production companies	Umbrella Films Arion Production
Release dates	7 September 1986 (1986-09-07) (Toronto International Film Festival) 27 February 1987 (1987-02-27) (United Kingdom)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French Italian English

Nanou is a 1986 Franco-British feature film directed by Conny Templeman. It stars Imogen Stubbs, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Michel Robin and Daniel Day-Lewis.

Plot

In the 1970s, a blonde English student, Nanou, spends just a few months on the continent. She tours Switzerland, but prefers France. In Lorraine, she meets Luc, a handsome worker in the militant extreme left-wing, and trains with him in his activities outside the law. She gradually moves into the French village and lives out her activist life on the sidelines until England remembers her ...

Cast

• Imogen Stubbs: Nanou
• Jean-Philippe Écoffey: Luc
• Michel Robin: Mr. Henry
• Daniel Day-Lewis: Max
• Roger Ibáñez: Michel
• Lou Castel: Italian activist
• Christophe Lindon: Charles
• Valentine Pelka: Jacques
• Nathalie Bécue: Chantal
• Dominique Rousseau: Rita
• Anna Cropper: Nanou's mother
• Patrick O'Connell: Nanou's father
• Anne-Marie Jabraud: Ms. Giraud
• Bérangère Jean
• Jean-Marc Morel: Jean
• Jean Amos: Robert
• Tristan Bastite: Léon

Datasheet

• Sets: Andrew Mollo
• Costumes: Agnès Nègre
• Country of Origin: France
• Format: Colour – Mono – 35 mm
• Genre: Comedy

Critical reception

"An almost forgotten treasure from a filmmaker who disappeared from public life, almost without a trace, so is Malick. It is also the best performance of Imogen Stubbs." - Rüdiger Tomczak

External links

• Nanou from Unifrance.org
• Nanou at IMDb
• extract from YouTube