Swamp! (1999)

She's thirteen years old, she's terminally ill and she realises her dream: to direct a horror movie.

Director:

Eric Bu

Writer:

Eric Bu

Stars:

Satya Esquenazi, Cécilia Bletterie, Anne De Broca

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Satya Esquenazi	...	Béa
Cécilia Bletterie	...	Batifolette
Anne De Broca	...	Louisa
Marie Luce David	...	Marie-Luce
Magali Dieux	...	Magali
Carole Franck	...	Carole
Léa Gabriele	...	Léa
Isabelle Leprince	...	Monique de la Meuse
Valérie Lubat	...	La Vouivre
Marion Rony	...	Manon
Thierry Buisson	...	Thierry
Gilles Carballo	...	Gilles
Christian Cloarec	...	Olivier
Matthieu Gallou	...	Freddy
Pierre Ingold	...	Pierre

Storyline

A whole crew is shooting a horror/gore movie in and around a farm. The director is a thirteen years old girl who is terminally ill and found a foundation that would finance her dream. But is she really sick , And will they finish their movie ?

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 October 1999 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magloo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A movie-in-a-movie movie that loves movies

This might be seen as a cross between "The Blair Witch Project" >and Ferrara's "Snake eyes" in the wake of "Festen", but set for >laughs more than thrills. Meaning this is a no-budgeter, >big-hearted movie set in the world of moviemaking but with a >difference (the little girl director, providing some good >psychological twists). Of course, the movie-within-a-movie is a >fun spoof of gore movies with nods to "The Evil Dead", but >obviously done with great respect for the genre. A few baroque >characters (a "madwoman" considered as a witch, a schizophrenic >clowness) gives a poetic touch to the whole proceeding while the >crew runs the whole gamut from love to hate. There are some very >funny one-liners and, basically, this as a whole is a nice, >refreshing experience. It came out the same day as "The Phantom >Menace"