Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

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Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Film poster
Directed byRobert Guédiguian
Written byRobert Guédiguian
Gilles Taurand
Produced byRobert Guédiguian
StarringSimon Abkarian
Ariane Ascaride
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Syrus Shahidi
CinematographyPierre Milon
Edited byBernard Sasia
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Agat Films & Cie
France 3 Cinéma
Distributed byDiaphana Distribution
Release dates
  • 20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) (France)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$6.4 million
Box office$912.000[1]

Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (French title: Une histoire de fou) is a 2015 French drama film co-written, produced and directed by Robert Guédiguian. The film is based on the true story of a Spanish journalist, José Antonio Gurriarán, who was left in a semi-paralyzed state after a bomb attack by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia in Madrid in 1981. He then recounted his experiences in an autobiographical novel La Bomba, which serves as the source material for the film.[2] The film was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

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  1. ^ "Une Histoire de fou (2015) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "'Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad' ('Une Histoire de fou'): Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Adds 9 Titles to Official Selection Lineup". TheWrap. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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