
Overview
Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the Lebanese captain Aziz, the Greek Diamantis and the Turk Nelim are stuck on the boat for a lack of prospects. Aziz doesn't want to return to his wife, Diamantis tries to find a girl he left at the age of 20 and Nelim, young and foolish, just wants to have fun...
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Marseille
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Music
Music by Gabriel Yared
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Claire DeversWriter
- Jean-Pol FargeauWriter
- Jean-Claude IzzoNovel
- Original title
- Les marins perdus
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 12, 2003
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France


































