I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse

I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse (French: J'irai comme un cheval fou, also known as I Will Go Like a Wild Horse) is a 1973 French surreal drama film directed by Fernando Arrabal.^[1] The film first released on November 22, 1973 in France and stars George Shannon as an epileptic man who, falsely suspected of murdering his mother, flees to the desert where he meets a hermit and brings him back to the city where the hermit becomes a circus performer.^[2]

I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
Directed by	Fernando Arrabal
Written by	Fernando Arrabal
Produced by	Bernard Legargeant
Starring	Emmanuelle Riva George Shannon Hachemi Marzouk Marie France
Cinematography	Bernard Auroux Georges Barsky Ramón F. Suárez Alain Thiollet
Edited by	Laurence Leininger
Production companies	Babylone Films Société Générale de Production
Distributed by	Luso-France
Release date	November 22, 1973 (1973-11-22) (France)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Since its release the film has been shown at some film festivals such as the 2013 Psych Out film festival in Newcastle upon Tyne.^[3]

Plot

After the death of his mother (Emmanuelle Riva), the epileptic Aden Rey (George Shannon) flees to the desert in order to avoid any police questioning, as they believe that he was responsible for his mother's death. It is in there that Aden meets the savage yet noble Marvel (Hachemi Marzouk). While the two men bond over their travels, Aden tries to convince Marvel that civilization is much more desirable than the wilderness, although Marvel appears to disagree. During all of this, the police continue their relentless pursuit of Aden.

Cast

• Emmanuelle Riva as La mère (Madame Rey)
• George Shannon as Aden Rey
• Hachemi Marzouk [fr] as Marvel
• Marco Perrin as Oscar Tabak
• François Chatelet as Le prédicateur
• Marie-France as Bijou-Love (as Marie-France Garcia)
• Gerard Borlant as Le concierge
• Jean Chalon as Le maître d'hôtel
• Raoul Curet as Commissaire Falcon
• Luc Guérin as Aden enfant
• Antoine Marin as Le boucher
• Pedro Meca as Le 1er mangeur
• Gilles Meyer as Cascadeur
• Myriam Mézières [fr] as Dell
• Camilo Otero as Le 2ème mangeur

Reception

DVD Talk gave a mixed review, saying that the movie would appeal most to fans of surrealist cinema and that "Some of its graphic nature may have dulled over time, some not, and it is a bit heavy-handed, but it still holds up as an interesting work for those open to the distinctive surrealist storytelling style."^[4]

References

1. Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton (2011). Cult Cinema. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405173742.
2. "J'irai comme un cheval fou (reviews)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3. Rose, Steve (2 March 2013). "This week's new film events". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
4. "I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse (review)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

External links

• I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse at IMDb