The film takes place in a small village named "Malevil" within central France. Due to an administrative issue, the mayor, pharmacist, farmers, traders, and other villagers attend a meeting in the local château's large wine cellar on a beautiful sunny day in late summer. However, while the meeting is taking place the radio suddenly cuts out. Moments later, huge explosions occur followed by long and violent flashes. The noise, excessive heat, and moisture cause everyone in the cellar to fall unconscious.
The survivors awaken to find a scorched world where almost nothing remains. They embark on a new life faced with isolationism and violence.
The screenplay is based on the 1972 novel Malevil by French science fiction writer Robert Merle. Despite using the book's characters, the plot deviates almost entirely from the book. A different ending was also used in the film. Merle, who believed that the spirit of his novel had been misrepresented, asked for his name to be not mentioned in the credits. Instead, the film states the film was only inspired by the novel Malevil (French:inspiré librement du roman Malevil).
malevil, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, malevil, film, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jsto. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Malevil film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Malevil is a 1981 post apocalyptic French film directed by Christian de Chalonge It s the adaptation of the 1972 science fiction novel Malevil by Robert Merle MalevilDirected byChristian de ChalongeWritten byChristian de ChalongePierre DumayetProduced byClaude NedjarStarringMichel SerraultJacques DutroncJean Louis TrintignantJacques VilleretCinematographyJean PenzerEdited byHenri LanoeMusic byGabriel YaredRelease date1981 1981 Running time120 minutesCountriesFranceWest GermanyLanguageFrench Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 External linksPlot editThe film takes place in a small village named Malevil within central France Due to an administrative issue the mayor pharmacist farmers traders and other villagers attend a meeting in the local chateau s large wine cellar on a beautiful sunny day in late summer However while the meeting is taking place the radio suddenly cuts out Moments later huge explosions occur followed by long and violent flashes The noise excessive heat and moisture cause everyone in the cellar to fall unconscious The survivors awaken to find a scorched world where almost nothing remains They embark on a new life faced with isolationism and violence Cast editMichel Serrault Emmanuel Comte Jacques Dutronc Colin Jean Louis Trintignant Fulbert Jacques Villeret Momo Robert Dhery Peyssou Hanns Zischler le veterinaire Penelope Palmer Evelyne Jean Leuvrais Bouvreuil Emilie Lihou La Menou Jacqueline Parent Cathy Eduard Linkers Fabrelatre Marianik Revillon Emma Guy Saint Jean un gendarme Bernard Waver un gendarme Reine Barteve Judith Michel Berto Bebe007Production editThe screenplay is based on the 1972 novel Malevil by French science fiction writer Robert Merle Despite using the book s characters the plot deviates almost entirely from the book A different ending was also used in the film Merle who believed that the spirit of his novel had been misrepresented asked for his name to be not mentioned in the credits Instead the film states the film was only inspired by the novel Malevil French inspire librement du roman Malevil External links editMalevilat the Internet Movie Database nbsp This article related to a French film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1980s science fiction film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Malevil film amp oldid 1110733154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
