THE KING OF ESCAPE
synopsis
Armand Lacourtade, a 43-year- old farm equipment salesman, can no longer bear his homosexual bachelorhood. When he meets Curly, a plucky teenage girl, he changes orientations. With everyone pursuing them, they defy dangers of all kinds to live their forbidden love. They make for a strange pair. But it this what Armand dreamed of?
| international title: | The King of Escape |
| original title: | Le Roi de l'évasion |
| country: | France |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Alain Guiraudie |
| film run: | 99' |
| release date: | FR 05/08/2009, BE 26/08/2009 |
| screenplay: | Alain Guiraudie, Laurent Lunetta, Frédérique Moreau |
| cast: | Ludovic Berthillot, Hafsia Herzi, Jean Toscan, Pierre Laur, François Clavier, Luc Palun, Pascal Aubert, Bruno Valayer |
| cinematography by: | Sabine Lancelin |
| film editing: | Benedicte Brunet, Yann Dedet |
| art director: | Didier Pons |
| costumes designer: | Roy Genty |
| music: | Xavier Boussiron |
| producer: | Sylvie Pialat |
| production: | Les Films du Worso, ARTE France Cinéma |
| backing: | Arte/ZDF |
| distributor: | Les Films du Losange |
