La Petite Fadette

La Petite Fadette

95 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 2004

Landry and Sylvinet are identical twins who are distraught when they are separated at the age of fourteen. Sent to work on the neighboring farm because phylloxera has ruined his father's vines, Sylvain, the stronger of the two brothers, recovers from the shock but not Sylvinet, who keeps moaning and sulking. Caillaud, the rich farmer who employs Landry is pleased with the way Landry works and lets him woo his daughter Madelon. Some day, due to a misunderstanding between the twins, Sylvinet runs away from home and disappears in the forest. And while Landry tries to find him in the woods he is helped by a little savage, Fadette, who lives there with her spiteful grandmother and her mentally retarded brother. Against all odds, Landry will gradually for this dirty little wild child.

La Petite Fadette

95 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 2004

La Petite Fadette
Landry and Sylvinet are identical twins who are distraught when they are separated at the age of fourteen. Sent to work on the neighboring farm because phylloxera has ruined his father's vines, Sylvain, the stronger of the two brothers, recovers from the shock but not Sylvinet, who keeps moaning and sulking. Caillaud, the rich farmer who employs Landry is pleased with the way Landry works and lets him woo his daughter Madelon. Some day, due to a misunderstanding between the twins, Sylvinet runs away from home and disappears in the forest. And while Landry tries to find him in the woods he is helped by a little savage, Fadette, who lives there with her spiteful grandmother and her mentally retarded brother. Against all odds, Landry will gradually for this dirty little wild child.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Murmures Productions
Original title La Petite Fadette
Directors Michaëla Watteaux
Writers George Sand, Gabrielle Borile

Cast

Jérémie Renier

as Landry

Manuela Servais

as la mère Barbeau

Annie Girardot

as la mère Fadet

Lucas Le Bars

as le Sauteriot

Maximillien Muller

as Sylvinet

Julie Judd

as Madelon

Mélanie Bernier

as Fadette

Richard Bohringer

as le père Barbeau