Strayed

Compelling drama with a luminous Beart and Ulliel filled with charisma that ultimately feels somewhat contrived and predictable to the end

could not understand language

Its slow pace makes me bored.

I dont know a hoot about French history. Nevertheless I enjoyed this movie a lot. Although it's a story of a Parisian family running away from war, this is not exactly a period war movie. it deals with the struggles of a family to survive, and the relation between a widowed mother and a young stranger.

Great WWII civilian movie taking place in France!

i like Odile's children, especially the little girl :) a good play on the contrast between good and evil.

A very unusual story on a family and and a mentally unstable boy all are in the damage of second world war....a movie which will give you real thoughts about human affairs and relation.

I dont know a hoot about French history. Nevertheless I enjoyed this movie a lot. Although it's a story of a Parisian family running away from war, this is not exactly a period war movie. it deals with the struggles of a family to survive, and the relation between a widowed mother and a young stranger.

I like Gaspard Ulliel, but not in this movie...

Once the end credits roll, you may think to yourself that <i>Les Egarés</i> doesn't add up to much. Or you may see it like me and find a lot of value in those little pieces. The film follows a mother and her son & daughter fleeing from Paris in June 1940 as the Nazis invade. Soon they encounter a streetwise - or in this case, countrywise - youth who knows more about survival than the three of them combined. They stumble upon an abandoned luxury house far from the German warpath and have serious choices to make about their futures. I learned a little bit about the hardships of French citizens during the WW II occupation and experienced a little bit of rushing fear as German planes drop their bombs. The 4-way dynamic between the characters forms the core of the film with the varying degrees of experience each person has creating a separate layer to explore: the hopeful yet pragmatic mother, the bluntly realistic loyal son, the quizzical innocent young daughter, and the bold resourceful stranger who is not all he claims to be. Emmanuelle Béart delivers a strong, resolute performance, as does newcomer Gaspard Ulliel. The other child actors also contribute seamlessly, which is vitally important since Béart is the only adult present during most of the film. The ending came rather unexpectedly & reminded me of <i>Cuckoo's Nest</i> without the underlying inspirational message. Nevertheless, with <i>Les Egarés</i> I found the parts greater than the sum.