Saint-Ex (1996)

Name: Saint-Ex
Director: Anand Tucker
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1996-11-17
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott

Fantasy Drama

Director: Anand Tucker

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott

Runtime82 min

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Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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Fans of poetic biopics and the life of renowned author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will appreciate the thoughtful, visually-striking approach director Anand Tucker takes in Saint-Ex. The film beautifully captures the dreamlike quality of Saint-Exupéry's writings through its lyrical camerawork and strong performances from Bruno Ganz and Miranda Richardson.

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Saint-Ex is a 1996 British television film, which was released as an episode of the BBC Two TV series Bookmark, after its premiere at the London Film Festival. The story documents the life of French author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in the form of a "tone poem". The film was directed by Anand Tucker and stars Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson and Janet McTeer. The screenplay was by Frank Cottrell Boyce, while the writer's sons, Aidan and Joseph, portrayed the Saint-Exupéry brothers, François and Antoine, as children.