There's drama aplenty for the travelling theatre company Chekhov Cabaret. The actors share the good times and the bad as a nomadic tribe where work and private life always mingle. They don’t mince words, these obstreperous actors with a sardonic sense of humour. Theatre always comes first.
Acting
Adèle Haenel smolders; the ensemble feels illegally authentic.
Direction
Léa Fehner lets scenes breathe until they ache.
Production
The ramshackle caravan world is beautifully, deliberately lived-in.
Director
Léa Fehner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Léa Fehner cast her own father (François Fehner) and shot in actual traveller communities, blurring fiction with documentary.
The title's 'ogres' refers to how artists devour everything—relationships, stability, each other—to feed their craft. The film doesn't let them off easy.
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