Tonight on Culturebox, don’t miss on TV and in streaming/replay: The Cowboys (2015), an award-winning feature film directed by Thomas Bidegain, with François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Ellora Torchia, Agathe Dronne and Antoine Chappey in the cast. Discover the anecdotes and the film review from Bulles de Culture on this rebroadcast from Saturday January 11.
The Cowboys to watch on television, in streaming and in replay on Culturebox: reviews and information
Résumé :
A large prairie, a country western gathering somewhere in eastern France. Alain is one of the pillars of this community. He dances with Kelly, his sixteen-year-old daughter, under the tender gaze of his wife and their young son Kid. But that day, Kelly disappears. The family’s life collapses. Alain will then not stop looking for his daughter, at the cost of the love of his family and everything he had…
Excerpt from the review of Culture Bubbles on the drama The Cowboys written when it was released in cinemas:
This film is not a criticism of religious fundamentalism but a food for thought. (…) [Et] despite a climate of tension, he offers us very beautiful images, wild and authentic, particularly in the second part of the film which develops on the hatching of the son Kid, played by Finnegan Oldfield.
(…) This is a Bulles de Culture favorite film.
Filming secrets, anecdotes: did you know?
- This is the first feature film from the screenwriter and director Thomas Bidegain.
- In the press kit, the director returned to the genesis of the project: “It’s the screenwriter Laurent Abitbol who was the first to tell me about the world of country parties. He gave me the magnificent collection of photos of Yann Gross, Horizonville, on the country communities of the Rhône valley. (…) On the other hand, with Noé Debréwe mentioned the idea of a remake of Hardcore by Paul Schrader in which, obviously, the protagonist, extremely religious and upset by the state of the world, could only be Muslim. These two ideas collided and little by little I began to think of characters and unfold in my head the story of the Cowboys.
- The original music was composed by the songwriter, musician and singer Raphaelwho also signed the soundtracks for the feature films A trip, Asphalt et Chien by Samuel Benchetrit.
- The film won the Ornano-Valenti Prize for First French Film at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2015.
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What will become of director Thomas Bidegain and actors François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield and Antoine Chappey in 2025?
Thomas Bidegain collaborated in the writing ofEmilia Perez, J’s musicalAcques Audiard in the race for Oscars 2025.
François Damiens will be in the film You haven’t changed by Jérôme Commandeur (November 5).
Finnegan Oldfield will be part of the thriller’s cast Burn the blood by Akaki Popkhadze (January 22)
Antoine Chappey will be in the casting of the drama For love by Elise Otzenberger (January 15).
Learn more:
- The Cowboys is broadcast on Culturebox (channel 14 of TNT) on Saturday January 11, 2025 at 9 p.m.
- The film is available for streaming and replay on France.tv
- Film not recommended for under 10s
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