Savage Souls (film)

Savage Souls (French: Les âmes fortes) is a 2001 French costume drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is based on the 1949 novel Les Âmes fortes by Jean Giono. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Savage Souls
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raúl Ruiz
Screenplay by	Alexandre Astruc Mitchell Hooper Alain Majani d'Inguimbert Eric Neuhoff
Based on	Les Âmes fortes by Jean Giono
Produced by	Dimitri de Clercq Marc de Lassus Saint-Geniès
Starring	Laetitia Casta
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Edited by	Béatrice Clérico Valeria Sarmiento
Distributed by	Gemini Films (France) JMH Distribution (Switzerland)
Release date	22 May 2001 (2001-05-22)
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	France, Belgium, Switzerland
Language	French
Budget	$4.9 million
Box office	$1.7 million[1]

Cast

• Laetitia Casta as Thérèse
  • Monique Mélinand as Old Thérèse
• Frédéric Diefenthal as Firmin
• Arielle Dombasle as Madame Numance
• John Malkovich as Monsieur Numance
• Charles Berling as Reveillard
• Johan Leysen as Rampal
• Édith Scob as Funeral woman
• Christian Vadim as The pastor
• Carlos Lopez as Le muet
• Jacqueline Staup as Deuxième femme veillée
• Corine Blue as Jeune femme veillée
• Aimé Lebedel as Vieux chanteur
• Nathalie Boutefeu as Charlotte
• Marc Dantes as Forgerons