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Les Salauds (Original title)Bastards (Alternative title)
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 2013 (Release)

Countries: France, Germany

Director: Claire Denis

Synopsis: Drama. A man seeks revenge for his brother-in-laws death, but finds that the reasons for his suicide are not as clear as they first appeared.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Revenge, Capitalism
Releases
Date: 07 August 2013Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): FrenchDistributor: Wild Bunch
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 100 mins 19 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 14 February 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 100 mins 25 secs - Length: 9037 FeetDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company

Credits (50)
©: Wild Bunch, ©: Alcatraz Films, ©: Arte France Cinéma, ©: Pandora Films Produktion, Production Company: Alcatraz Films, Production Company: Wild Bunch, in co-production with: Pandora Film Produktion, Arte France Cinéma, in association with: Palatine Etoile 10, in association with: Soficinéma 9, Indéfilms, with the participation of: Canal+, with the participation of: Ciné+, with the participation of: Arte GEIE, with the participation of: ZDF-Arte, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée CNC, with the support of: Région Île-de-France, in partnership with the: CNC, Produced by: Laurence Clerc, Produced by: Olivier Thery-Lapiney, Produced by: Brahim Chioua, Produced by: Vincent Maraval, Co-producer: Christoph Friedel, Co-producer: Claudia Steffen, Co-producer: Olivier Père, Co-producer: Michel Reihlac, Co-producer: Rémi Burah, Associate Producer: Vincent Lindon, Production Manager: Karine D'hont, Production Manager: Fabrice Bousba, Post-production Supervisor: Antoine Rabaté, Casting: Nicolas Lublin, Screenplay: Claire Denis, Screenplay: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Director of Photography: Agnès Godard, Stills Photography: Camille Paillard de Chenay, Editor: Annette Dutertre, Production Designer: Michel Barthélémy, Set Decorator: Pierre Sénélas, Set Decorator: Nicolas Lublin, Set Decorator: Michèle Andreucci, Costume Designer: Judy Shrewsbury, Make-up: Amélie Bouilly, Hair: Antonina Prestigiacomo, Original Music: Tindersticks, Sound: Martin Boissau, Sound: Christophe Winding, Sound: Sandie Bompar, Sound: Christophe Vingtrinier
Cast (27)
Vincent Lindon (Marco Silvestri), Chiara Mastroianni (Raphaëlle), Julie Bataille (Sandra), Michel Subor (Edouard Laporte), Grégoire Colin (Xavier), Lola Créton (Justine), Alex Descas (Dr Béthanie), Florence Loiret Caille (Elysée), Christophe Miossec (Guy), Hélène Fillières (banker), Yann Antoine Bizette (little Joseph), Jeanne Disson (Audrey), Éric Dupond-Moretti (lawyer), Sarunas Bartas (foreign shipowner), Nicole Dogué (police inspector), Elise Lhomeau (babysitter), Jean-Christophe Folly, Sophie Arroyo, Cécile Bouillot, Claire Tran (murse), Francois Hubert, Emmanuel Lanzy, Jacques La, David Surre, Augustin Legrand, Nicolai Stere, Laurent Grévill (Jacques)