Avion, L' DVD

Foreign Language DVDs

$29.95

SKU: 065935222507 Alliance Vivafilm

L'Avion DVD - 2006 French film directed by Cédric Kahn. In this charming fantasy, an extraordinary toy comes to life for a young boy. Vincent Lindon is husband to the luminous Isabelle Carre and father to Charley to whom he has promised a bicycle but brings instead a model airplane. Soon after that Pierre (Lindon) is killed and soon after THAT the model airplane becomes animated as if representing the spirit of the dead father. Isabelle Carre brings a quiet, gentle luminosity to everything she does as in this role of a young widow trying to deal with a child who may or may not be hallucinating. One of the strengths of this film is that it's not just the boy who experiences the strange inexplicable powers of the toy. Initially Charley's school friend, then his mother and finally authority figures all see and/or suffer the wrath of the plane. Optional French or English subtitles, 90 minutes.