le petit prince par antoine de saint exupéry

Saint-Exupéry was reported to have been drawing versions of the title character in the margins of manuscripts and letters for some time ahead of the publication. The remains of his aircraft were found nearby by a diver in 2000 and it wasn’t until 2004 that the French government confirmed that the remnants belonged to Saint-Exupéry’s vessel, marking a tragic end to an extraordinary life. The author’s body was never recovered and there were no clues about his fate until 1998, when his silver identity bracelet was found by a fisherman off the coast of Marseille. In the war, he flew reconnaissance missions and took off on 31 July 1944 from an airbase on Corsica, never to return. Saint-Exupéry’s second plane crash of note would be his last. Both Saint-Exupéry and his mechanic-navigator André Prévot miraculously survived four days in the baking hot environment, suffering from intense dehydration and hallucinations, when they were rescued by a Bedouin on a camel who happened to be passing by. They will be bored.Ahead of joining the French Air Force at the start of the war, in 1935 he attempted to break the record for the fastest trip between Paris and Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), crashing his plane in the Libyan desert. Again, however, this is NOT a movie for little children. 'Ernest and Célestine' is a thousand times better. That came as a shock at first to me, but again, I let myself go with it, and it had a certain fairly obvious interest. We also see the prince as an adult, very changed.

Exupéry's original tale is the best, as far as I'm concerned. But if you let yourself go with it, it has an appeal over time. It took me awhile to accept the frame story.

If you go expecting just what you know from St Exupéry's story, most of this movie will therefore be an annoyance to you. Most of the movie is a frame for that tale, the story of a small girl who meets an elderly aviator who tells her, in bits and pieces, the story of his encounter, many years before, with the Little Prince. It's in this movie, but it only comprises a small part of it. 2) If you are expecting a video reproduction of St Exupéry's story, you will be very disappointed. So, first comment: 1) This is not a movie for small children. I could hear that the few children among them were bored. There were perhaps 30 people altogether in attendance. The movie opened today - 29 July 2015 - here in France, and I saw the second show here where I live, the small town of Paimpol.

Le petit prince par antoine de saint exupéry