Les Cowboys

2015 film

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]

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]

## Cast

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* 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

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Award / Film Festival  | Category  | Recipients and nominees  | Result

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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
Lumière Awards[8] | Best Cinematography | Arnaud Potier  | Nominated
Magritte Awards[9] | Best Actor | François Damiens  | Nominated
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction |  | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "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. 27 January 2016. 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

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* Les Cowboys at IMDb
* Les Cowboys at Rotten Tomatoes

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Thomas Bidegain

Films written and directed|

* Les Cowboys (2015)
* "Vlog" in Selfie (2019)
* Suddenly (2023)

Films written only|

* A Prophet (2009)
* Rust and Bone (2012)
* Our Children (2012)
* Saint Laurent (2014)
* La Famille Bélier (2014)
* Through the Air (2015)
* The Wakhan Front (2015)
* Dheepan (2015)
* The White Knights (2015)
* The Dancer (2016)
* Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
* The Sisters Brothers (2018)
* The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019)
* Iamhere (2019)
* Stillwater (2021)
* Notre-Dame on Fire (2022)
* A Place to Fight For (2023)

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