Trouble Every Day (2001)

Director:

Claire Denis

Writers:

Claire Denis
Jean-Pol Fargeau

Release Date:

11 July 2001 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

The ability to love. The inability to love... The hunger to love.

Plot:

Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together...

Plot Keywords:

Medical Clinic | Doctor | Bitten In The Throat | Crying | Key

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Shane Brown
Tricia Vessey	...	June Brown
Béatrice Dalle	...	Coré
Alex Descas	...	Léo
Florence Loiret Caille	...	Christelle (as Florence Loiret-Caille)
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	Erwan
Raphaël Neal	...	Ludo
José Garcia	...	Choart
Hélène Lapiower	...	Malécot
Marilu Marini	...	Friessen
Aurore Clément	...	Jeanne
Bakary Sangaré	...	Le Gardien de nuit
Lionel Goldstein	...	Le Réceptioniste
Céline Samie	...	La Femme de la brasserie
Arnaud Churin	...	Le Routier
Slimane Brahimi	...	L'Ami de Christelle
Alice Houri	...	La Jeune fille du métre
Véra Chidyvar	...	La Femme du Métro
Csilla Lukacs-Molnar	...	Femme de chambre 1
Nelly Zargarian	...	Femme de chambre 2
Rosa Nikolic	...	Femme de chambre 3
Lacrita Massix	...	L'Hôstesse de l'air
Myriam Theodoresco	...	Les amoureux
Alexandre Uzureau de Martynoff	...	Les amoureux
Laure Guérard	...	La Femme haute talons
Albert Szpiro	...	La Patient du dispensaire

Directed by
Claire Denis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claire Denis
Jean-Pol Fargeau

Produced by
Georges Benayoun	....	producer
Françoise Guglielmi	....	associate producer
Philippe Liégeois	....	producer
Kazuko Mio	....	co-producer
Jean-Michel Rey	....	producer
Seiichi Tsukada	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Tindersticks

Cinematography by
Agnès Godard

Film Editing by
Nelly Quettier

Casting by
James Calleri
Nicolas Lublin
Richard Rousseau

Production Design by
Arnaud de Moleron

Art Direction by
Etienne Rohde

Costume Design by
Judy Shrewsbury
Caroline Tavernier		(costumer)

Makeup Department
Magali Ceyrat	....	makeup artist: Béatrice Dalle
Michel Demonteix	....	hair stylist: Béatrice Dalle
Danièle Vuarin	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Xavier Amblard	....	production manager
Christine Gaymay	....	unit manager
Fabien Pondevaux	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Boshart	....	second assistant director
Gabriel Laferrière	....	first assistant director (as Gabriel-Julien Laferriere)

Art Department
Nicolas Contre	....	property master

Sound Department
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound mixer
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator
Jean-Louis Ughetto	....	sound
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist
Jean-Christophe Winding	....	sound editor (as Christophe Winding)

Special Effects by
Noel Chainbaux	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
David François	....	digital artist
Christian Guillon	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Pierre Baronsky	....	gaffer
Julien Bureau	....	assistant camera
Gérard Delayat	....	key grip (as Gérard Guingne Delayat)
Lionel Perrin	....	additional first assistant camera
Thérèse Somano	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
James Calleri	....	casting: USA

Editorial Department
Thomas Glaser	....	assistant editor
Emmanuelle Pencalet	....	first assistant editor
Anne-Cécile Vergnaud	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Dickon Hinchliffe	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Franck Belaiche	....	production assistant (as Franck Prince)
Patrick Boshart	....	location scout
Mathilde Cukierman	....	location scout
Irene de Balasy	....	production secretary
David Giordano	....	production administrator
Zoe Zurstrassen	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Arte
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Dacia Films
• Kinetique
• Messaouda Films
• Rézo Films
• Rézo Productions
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• Atlantis Entertainment (2002) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• CLT-UFA International
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Gateno Films (2003) (Peru) (all media)
• Keissy and Ass (Korea)
• Kinetique (Japan)
• Lantia Cinema (UK)
• Lot 47 Films (USA) (subtitled)
• Primer Plano Film Group Video (Argentina) (DVD)
• Primer Plano Film Group Video (Argentina) (VHS)
• Primer Plano Film Group (Argentina)
• Rézo Films (France)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects)
• Les Versaillais

Also Known As:

"Gargoyle" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

101 min | Argentina:102 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

France | Germany | Japan

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Hungary:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM14 | USA:Not Rated | Argentina:18 | France:-16 | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | Australia:R | Brazil:18

Company:

Arte

Trivia:

The title of this film comes from a Frank Zappa song of the same name from the album "Freak Out!"

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At time-stamp 56:49, a face (presumably the crew since no one is in the house) can be seen reflected in the glass door/window on the right of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera (2008)

Sweat, blood and sperm

"Trouble Everyday" has been criticized a lot because of two scenes. Two very hard scenes to watch, which caused two women to faint at the Cannes Film Festival screening . Those scenes are not necessary in the film to understand it or enjoy it. The suspense is extremely well held during the whole movie and it didn't have to be so violent. So, the question is "why?". The story would have interested people like Hitchcock or Polanski, and they would have been more subtle and cautious. Claire Denis is not a cautious director. She likes to approach her films with honesty and courage. She chooses to tell a story and wants to tell it as frankly as possible. She did a rational choice that is very modern. Her film is complete, and absolutely credible. She shows us some things that have never been shown before. She explores cinema with anxious desire and rage. That's what makes her film so moving and realistic. As a conclusion, let's say that Beatrice Dalle gives the most incredible performance as a woman who feels like an animal but yet wants to die.