rell ▁Boy ce ▁as ▁Franco is ▁ ▁Nicholas ▁H ew et son ▁as ▁French ▁Pil ot ▁ ▁Alex ▁King ston ▁as ▁Ch ic ▁Party ▁Gu est ▁ ▁Production Saint - Ex ▁was ▁fil med ▁and ▁distributed ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁director ▁An and ▁T ucker ' s ▁feature ▁film ▁debut , and ▁comb ines ▁elements ▁of ▁bi ography , ▁document ary ▁and ▁dram atic ▁re - cre ation . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁period ▁document ary ▁inter views ▁in ▁black - and - white ▁is ▁inter sp ers ed ▁with ▁live ▁action ▁and ▁optical ▁effects ▁generated ▁on ▁film ▁in ▁colour . ▁ ▁Re ception Saint - Ex ▁was ▁review ed ▁by ▁D erek ▁El ley ▁for ▁Vari ety : ▁" Re ach ▁falls ▁short ▁of ▁amb ition ▁in ▁' Saint - Ex ,' ▁an ▁intr igu ing ▁attempt ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁cin ematic ▁tone - po em ▁to ▁legend ary ▁French ▁fly er - c um - nov el ist ▁Antoine ▁de ▁Saint - Ex uper y ▁that ▁only ▁rarely ▁gets ▁both ▁whe els ▁off ▁the ▁ground . ▁Despite ▁some ▁striking ▁visual s ▁and ▁an ▁evident ▁desire ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁fresh ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁bi op ic ▁genre , ▁the ▁movie ▁remains ▁str ang ely ▁un in vol ving ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁isn ' t ▁helped ▁by ▁a ▁mis cast ▁Bruno ▁G anz ▁as ▁the ▁tit ular ▁av i ator . ▁The atr ical ▁prospect s ▁look ▁fog - bound ." ▁ ▁References ▁Notes ▁ ▁Bibli ography