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Humains

Humains is a French horror film directed from Pierre-Olivier Thévenin and Jacques-Olivier Molon. The film stars Sara Forestier, Dominique Pinon and Philippe Nahon.

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Humains
Official teaser poster
Directed byPierre-Olivier Thévenin
Jacques-Olivier Molon
Written byJean-Armand Bougrelle
Frédérique Henri
Dominique Néraud
Silvan Boris Schmid1
Produced byVérane Frédiani
Franck Ribière
Ruth Waldburger
StarringPhilippe Nahon
Sara Forestier
Dominique Pinon
CinematographyAleksander Kaufmann
Edited byManuel De Sousa
Music byGast Waltzing
Production
company
La Fabrique 2
Distributed byLa Fabrique de Films
Films Distribution
Release date
  • 6 February 2009 (2009-02-06)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
Switzerland
Luxembourg
LanguageFrench

Humains is a French horror film directed from Pierre-Olivier Thévenin and Jacques-Olivier Molon. The film stars Sara Forestier, Dominique Pinon and Philippe Nahon.2

Plot

A French research team travels to the Swiss Alps to investigate a discovery. After a car accident, the group becomes lost in the mountains with a group of tourists and struggle to survive while being hunted by mysterious figures.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in late 2008 in Luxembourg, Paris and the Swiss Alps under the working title of "Les Disparus de Lötschental".3 Yolande Moreau was originally cast in the lead role as the character Charlotte,4 but she left the project. As a result, the character's role was changed and became Sara Forestier's character, Nadia.5

Release

The film premiered on 6 February 2009 as part of the European Film Market in Germany and was part of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival on 11 April 2009.6 The French cinema release was on 22 April 2009.7

Reception

The film grossed only $236,617 in its opening week in France89 and was universally panned by critics.1011 It is the only film to be reviewed on Nanarland.com in its first week.12

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Luxembourg cinema composer Gast Waltzing.13

References

References

  1. "Finally an official trailer for French thriller Humains". Quietearth.us. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "We Found 'Humain' Remains! Final Poster For French Horror Flick!". Fearnet.com. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. "New One-Sheet for French Horror Humans". Shocktillyoudrop.com. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. Ichi-The-Killer, 8 November 2008 10:51 PM. "Philippe Nahon Leads The Pack". Twitchfilm.net. Retrieved 20 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Mack, Andrew (30 July 2008). "Story details for French horror film 'Humains'". Twitchfilm.net. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. "Afm: First Thoughts on Pot and Jom's Humans". Twitchfilm.net. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. "Teaser trailer for French horror Humains". 24framespersecond.net. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. "Les bons comptes font les bons amis: Box Office on". Mad-movies.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  9. "Overseas Total Box Office, April 24–26, 2009". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  10. "Christophe Carrière, « Humains on". L'Express. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  11. Arnaud Mangin (16 April 2009). "Critique ciné: Humains on". Filmsactu.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  12. "Hélène et les Garçons Bouchers on matierefocale.com" (in French). Matiere.focale.over-blog.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  13. "First footage for French thriller Humains is a messy tease". Quietearth.us. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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