
Overview
In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible noise and the heat's getting higher and higher. They don't realize what's happening: when they come out of the cellar, they realize that everything has burned, and all the buildings are destroyed...
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Based on
Based on the novel Malevil
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Setting
Set in France
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Music
Music by Gabriel Yared
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean Penzer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Christian de ChalongeWriter
- Pierre DumayetWriter
- Robert MerleNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 13, 1981
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Germany
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