Cafard

{{Short description|2015 animated war feature film by Jan Bultheel}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Cafard

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| director = Jan Bultheel

| producer =

| writer = Jan Bultheel

| starring =

| narrator =

| music = Hans Helewaut[https://www.soundtrack.net/movie/cafard/ Cafard] at Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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| production_companies = Tarantula Belgique
Tondo Films
Topkapi Films[https://en.unifrance.org/movie/38588/cafard Cafard] at UniFrance. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

| distributor = Eurozoom

| released = {{Film date|2015|09|23|Belgium|2015|12|12|France}}

| runtime = 92 minutes[https://cineuropa.org/en/film/301258/ Cafard] at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

| country = France
Netherlands
Belgium

| language = French
Dutch

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Cafard is a 2015 French-Dutch-Belgian animated war film written and directed by Jan Bultheel.Didier, Stiers (23 September 2015) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134919/http://mad.lesoir.be/cinema/film/117575-cafard/ "Cafard", l’un des rendez-vous de la rentrée]. (in French). Le Soir. Archived from the [http://mad.lesoir.be/cinema/film/117575-cafard/ original] on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2021. The film tells the story of a boxer, Jean Mordant (based on the real-life Henri Herd, known as Constant le Marin), who joins the Belgian Expeditionary Corps which is sent to the Russian Empire during World War I in order to avenge the rape of his daughter by German soldiers in Occupied Belgium.Chang, Justin (5 October 2015) [https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/busan-film-review-cafard-1201609604/ Busan Film Review: ‘Cafard’]. Variety. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

Voice cast

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! Role

! French dub

! Dutch dub

Jean Mordant

| Benoît Magimel

| Wim Willaert

Victor

| Jean-Hugues Anglade

| Sebastien Dewaele

Jelena Dimitrieva Doctorow

| Julie Gayet

| Dinara Droukarova

Guido

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| Maarten Ketels

Édouard Coppenole

!

| Benoit Gob

Release and reception

The film was theatrically released in Belgium on 23 September 2015, and in France on 12 December. It grossed $20,771 in Belgium,[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4926026/ Cafard] at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 28 May 2021. and received positive reviews from critics.Kroustallis, Vassilis (30 September 2016) [https://zippyframes.com/index.php/reviews/cafard-review-capturing-humanism Cafard Review: Capturing Humanism]. Zippy Frames. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

= Accolades =

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Award

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! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

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Magritte Awards

| 6 February 2016

| Best Flemish Film

| Cafard

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References

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