François Damiens: “The Cowboys is about the people who stay”
François Damiens and Finnegan Oldfield open up the world of Cowboys for us.
Presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in May 2015, The Cowboys had made a strong impression. It will be rebroadcast this Saturday evening on France 4.
The first film from Audiard’s favorite screenwriter, Thomas Bidegainis a very strong family drama with François Damiens And Finnegan Oldfiled. It films a father’s obsessive quest to find his daughter.
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Except that, in the background of this western from eastern France, Jihad takes shape when the father discovers the motivations for his daughter’s departure. After November 13, 2015, the question arose of postponing the release of the film as was the case for Made in Francebut the team preferred to continue.
We obviously raised the issue when we met the actors, to see that the heart of the film was not there. Meeting with the interpreters of this wounded father and his son, who sacrifices his youth to accompany him in his quest:
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