The Last Caravan Stop ( Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssées) ) ( Le dernier caravansérail )

The Last Caravan Stop (DVD) (*)

$59.99

Original Title: Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssées)
Alternate Title: Le dernier caravansérail
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
305 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Ariane Mnouchkine

Written By:
Ariane Mnouchkine

Actors:
Shaghayegh Beheshti
Duccio Vannuccini Bellugi
Sébastien Brottet-Michel
Virginie Colemyn
Olivia Corsini
Delphine Cottu
Eve Doe-Bruce
Maurice Durozier
Sarkaw Goramy
Astrid Grant
Emilie Gruat
Pascal Guarise
Jeremy James
Marjolaine Larranaga y Ausin
Elena Loukiantchikova-Sel
Vincent Mangado
Jean-Charles Maricot
Judith Marvan-Enriquez
Stéphanie Masson
Serge Nicolai
Matthieu Rauchvarger
Francis Ressort
Edson Rodrigues
David Santonja-Ruiz
Onochi Seietsu
Andreas Simma
Igor Skreblin

Synopsis:

There's no law declaring that grand theater pieces can't also be exasperating. They can be, often because they tackle subject matter of such breadth and depth that containing it is difficult or because the tacklers would rather have their impassioned say than show unadulterated care for the niceties of well-made drama. A case in point is Ariane Mnouchkine's two-part theater piece Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssées), which is best described by the term that the French like to use for categorizing such projects: spectacle.

There's no escaping the force with which the 66-year-old Mnouchkine, who has headed Le Théâtre du Soleil for 40 years, and her collaborators deal with the interwoven histories of fugitives from more than a handful of countries including Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Serbia, Russia, and Afghanistan. Told in brief chapters are disturbing tales involving men and women destroyed by the Taliban, emigrés attempting to hitch a ride on the Eurostar from cavities in the Eurotunnel, a detainee in an Australian detention center, and other troubling anecdotes of flight, smuggling, and peril.

Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssées): Part One - Le Fleuve cruel (The Cruel River) and Part Two - Origines et Destins (Origins and Destinies), devised by the company, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, music by Jean-Jacques Lemêtre. Théâtre de Soleil, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 November, 2009.