Didier (1997)

Director:

Alain Chabat

Writer:

Alain Chabat

Stars:

Elliot, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Bacri

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elliot	...	Didier
Caroline Cellier	...	Annabelle
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Jean-Pierre Costa
Pascal Gennesseaux	...	Kevin Deer
Laurent Dailland	...	Bob Dayanovitch
Jean-Marie Frin	...	Richard Guerra
Chantal Lauby	...	Solange
Claude Berri	...	Type aéroport #1
Jérôme Seydoux	...	Type aéroport #2
Isabelle Gélinas	...	Maria
Pierre Amzallag	...	Le type mou
Sasha Rucavina	...	La collègue Maria (as Sasha Rukavina)
Michel Hazanavicius	...	Fabrice (as Michel Hazanavivius)
Zinedine Soualem	...	Camel Mimouni
Lionel Abelanski	...	Charlie Abitbol

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

soccer football | friendship | one word title | dog | character name in title

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Taglines:

Ce qu'il y a de meilleur en l'homme c'est le chien.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sport

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Details

Country:

France Belgium Switzerland

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 January 1997 (France)

Also Known As:

Didier - koiruuksia kerrakseen

Filming Locations:

Montpellier, Hérault, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Katharina, Renn Productions, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

A lot of funny things are written in the ending credits. And a lot of names are also written with their nicknames. At the end we can read: "Nous ne remercions pas pour leur collaboration: René Bousquet, Maurice Papon et le pape Pie XIII." ("We don't thank for their collaboration...")

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Connections

Featured in Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre - Le Comankonafé (2002)

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Soundtracks

"La ramène pas"
Performed by Raggasonic

User Reviews

I hate dogs and I hate football...

... but, my goodness, I LOVE THIS FILM!!!

This is one of the most original films I've ever seen. Alain Chabat was a good actor and comedian in other films, but here he delivers an ace performance. Outstanding, I've never seen anything like this. Sorry, if I sound simply overwhelmed, but, well, I am! I take my hat off.

But to be fair, I also have to mention Jean-Pierre Bacri, who is equally joyful to watch because he plays his part so very straight-faced that for the viewer it is easy to accept a crazy and completely unrealistic story as realistic. As if it could happen to yourself, just like this.

In this film you don't get to see the typical fooling about you see so very often in other French comedies. That's why this film is a little gem, which shouldn't be missed by anybody. For everybody who is not able to understand enough French, my DVD for example comes from Southeast Asia, it has (if horrible) English subtitles. So there are ways for everybody to see this beauty.

Unfortunately, I just read somewhere there are plans to do a remake of this film in the US. Please, don't be stupid, don't do a remake. The film is perfect as it is, no remake is necessary and anyway, it could only be a cheap, useless, superfluous copy. Stay with the original. Please.

10 out of 10. Honestly.