Les Cowboys

Les Cowboys^[4] (lit. '"The Cowboys"') is a 2015 French-Belgian drama film directed by Thomas Bidegain. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[5][6]

Les Cowboys
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Thomas Bidegain
Written by	Noé Debré Thomas Bidegain
Produced by	Alain Attal
Starring	François Damiens Finnegan Oldfield Agathe Dronne Ellora Torchia John C. Reilly
Cinematography	Arnaud Potier
Edited by	Géraldine Mangenot
Music by	Raphaël Haroche
Production companies	Les Productions du Trésor[1] Les Films du Fleuve[1] Lunanime[1]
Distributed by	Pathé (France)[1]
Release dates	18 May 2015 (2015-05-18) (Cannes) 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) (France)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	France[1] Belgium[1]
Languages	French English
Budget	€8 million[2]
Box office	$1.3 million[3]

Cast

• François Damiens as Alain Balland
• Finnegan Oldfield as Georges Balland (Kid)
• Agathe Dronne as Nicole Balland
• Ellora Torchia as Shazhana
• John C. Reilly as The American
• Antoine Chappey as Charles
• Iliana Zabeth as Kelly Balland
• Mounir Margoum as Ahmed
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Emma
• Laure Calamy as Isabelle
• Sam Louwyck as The forger
• Dani Sanchez-Lopez as The European

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
César Awards[7]	Best Actor	François Damiens	Nominated
	Most Promising Actor	Finnegan Oldfield	Nominated
	Best First Feature Film		Nominated
	Best Original Music	Raphaël Haroche	Nominated
Lumières Awards[8]	Best Cinematography	Arnaud Potier	Nominated
Magritte Awards[9]	Best Actor	François Damiens	Nominated
	Best Foreign Film in Coproduction		Nominated

References

1. "Cowboys". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
2. "Les Cowboys". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
3. "Les Cowboys". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "LES COWBOYS - British Board of Film Classification". Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
5. "The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection!". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
6. Justin Chang (21 April 2015). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Unveils 2015 Lineup". Variety. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
7. "'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
9. "Magritte du Cinéma: "Les premiers les derniers" et "Keeper" sont favoris". La Libre Belgique (in French). 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

External links

• Les Cowboys at IMDb
• Les Cowboys at Rotten Tomatoes