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Set amidst a sub-culture of Western enthusiasts in rural France, Alain (François Damiens) attends a cowboy fair with his wife (Agathe Dronne) and children—sixteen-year-old daughter, Kelly (Iliana Zabeth), and young son, Kid (Finnegan Oldfield). When Kelly disappears amidst the chaos of the festivities, Alain's initial fear quickly turns to anger and disbelief as it becomes increasingly clear that his daughter has willingly abandoned her life to begin anew as a Muslim with her boyfriend. Convinced that she was coerced, Alain devotes what’s left of his broken existence to finding her, eventually bestowing the responsibility of the search onto his son.
A fresh take on John Ford's classic, THE SEARCHERS, the sixteen-year pursuit takes the two men across personal and international borders, becoming bigger than they could have ever imagined. Lensed by veteran cinematographer Arnaud Potier (5 TO 7, BREATHE, STOCKHOLM, PENNSYLVANIA), LES COWBOYS transports the classic iconography of the Western genre to striking contemporary landscapes—from the hillsides of France to the deserts of Pakistan.
Original Release
11/25/2015
US Release
06/24/2016
Cast
Name | Character |
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Francois Damiens | Alain Balland |
Finnegan Oldfield | Georges Balland, dit Kid / Georges Balland, aka 'Kid' |
Agathe Dronne | Nicole Balland |
Ellora Torchia | Shazhana / Shazhana, Ahmed's wife |
Antoine Chappey | Charles |
Maxim Driesen | Kid (13 ans) / Georges Balland, aka 'Kid', at 13 |
Jean-Louis Coulloc'h | L'Indien / Indian |
Gilles Treton | Sheriff |
Francis Leplay | L'homme du train / Train man |
Djemel Barek | Le père d'Ahmed / Ahmed's father |
Directors
Writers
Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré, Laurent Abitbol
Cast
Name | Character |
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Francois Damiens | Alain Balland |
Finnegan Oldfield | Georges Balland, dit Kid / Georges Balland, aka 'Kid' |
Agathe Dronne | Nicole Balland |
Ellora Torchia | Shazhana / Shazhana, Ahmed's wife |
Antoine Chappey | Charles |
Maxim Driesen | Kid (13 ans) / Georges Balland, aka 'Kid', at 13 |
Jean-Louis Coulloc'h | L'Indien / Indian |
Gilles Treton | Sheriff |
Francis Leplay | L'homme du train / Train man |
Djemel Barek | Le père d'Ahmed / Ahmed's father |
Mounir Margoum | Ahmed / Ahmed, the Islamist |
Leïla Saadali | La mère d'Ahmed / Ahmed's mother |
Laure Calamy | Isabelle |
Antoine Régent | Marc |
Iliana Zabeth | Kelly Balland / Aafia Khalid |
Antonia Campbell-Hughes | Emma |
John C. Reilly | L'Américain / American in Pakistan |
Sam Louwyck | Le faussaire / Forger |
Rami Farah | Chef syrien / Syrian leader |
Noémie Desestret | Copine Kelly 1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Xavier Amblard | Executive Producer |
Déborah Benattar | Executive Producer |
Tim Martens | Executive Producer |
Alain Attal | Producer |
Jonathan Blumental | Producer |
Maarten D'Hollander | Producer |
Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Producer |
Luc Dardenne | Producer |
Jan De Clercq | Producer |
Annemie Degryse | Producer |
Deepika Gandhi | Producer |
Romain Le Grand | Producer |
Philippe Logie | Producer |
Delphine Tomson | Producer |
Alexander Vandeputte | Producer |
Bruno Vatin | Producer |
Arlette Zylberberg | Producer |