Les petites fugues

After reaching retirement age, Pipe, a farmhand who has spent 30 years working for the Duperrex family, buys a moped with his pension and begins exploring the surrounding countryside. After a drunken outing leads to a minor accident and the loss of his licence, he turns to photography and begins looking at the world around him through the lens of a Polaroid camera. ==Cast==

The cast includes: • Michel Robin as Pipe • Fabienne Barraud as Josiane • Fred Personne as Duperrex • Dore De Rosa as Luigi • Mista Préchac as Rose Duperrex • Laurent Sandoz as Alain • Nicole Vautier as Marianne == Reception ==

Awards and nominations At the 1979 Locarno Film Festival, Michel Robin won the International Jury Prize for his performance as Pipe. Critical response In a 2024 retrospective review, Neue Zürcher Zeitung viewed the film negatively, while praising Michel Robin’s performance. Filmdienst called the film an original debut feature that depicts a process of self-liberation in a measured, poetic and cheerful manner. Filmpodium cited Reclams Filmführer, which described the film as “a quiet but very intense film” and “simultaneously an astute analysis”. == Festival screenings ==

The film premiered in February 1979. In later years, it was screened at festivals including the 50th Solothurn Film Festival in 2015, the Festival international du film francophone de Namur in 2000, Festival du film de Genève, Stars de Demain in 1997, and the Festival des premiers films in 1995. ==See also==