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Fanny's Journey

2016 · 94 min

A tense but hopeful wartime escape seen through children's eyes, mixing peril with youthful resilience and quiet courage.

Overview
Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the mountains.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Lola Doillon
Written by
Anna Peyregne, Lola Doillon
Starring
Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Cécile de France, Stéphane De Groodt, Lou Lambrecht, Alice D'Hauwe, Igor van Dessel
Music
David Gubitsch, Gisèle Gérard-Tolini
Cinematography
Pierre Cottereau
Runtime
94 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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