Le nouveau Jean-Claude (2002)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Didier Tronchet

Writer:

Didier Tronchet (writer)

Release Date:

26 June 2002 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Mathieu Demy	...	Jean-Claude
Clotilde Courau	...	Marianna
Richard Berry	...	Luis
Darry Cowl	...	Jeff
Benoît Tachoires	...	Bob
Michèle Garcia	...	La sexothérapeute
Véronique Boulanger	...	Agnès
François Levantal	...	Marco, le vigile
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philippe Beglia	...	L'adepte du fist-fucking
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Le voyou
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Le directeur du grand magasin
Thomas Chabrol	...	Jean-Michel
Gérard Chaillou	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Albert Delpy	...	Le père de Marianna
Françoise Gazio	...	Femme costaud
Kristof Gendreau	...	Un musicien du restaurant
Marcel Gotlib	...	Le passant refoulé par le taxi
Stef Gourdon	...	Un musicien du restaurant
Arsène Jiroyan	...	Le client à la poupée gonflable
Patrick Ligardes	...	Le péagiste
Antoine Réjasse	...	Un musicien du restaurant (as Tonio Réjasse)
Christian Sinniger	...	Le capitaine du paquebot
Bonnafet Tarbouriech	...	Le client costaud
Didier Tronchet	...	Un employé de l'agence de com
Frédo Volovitch	...	Un musicien du restaurant
Francky Zerbib	...	Un musicien du restaurant

Also Known As:

The New Jean-Claude (International: English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Canal+

Modern Surrealism

I watched this film last night. The story is about a pizza delivery guy who sometimes paints himself white and goes to the park to pretend he's a statue, plus he starts crying every time someone else does. No wonder his girlfriend dumps him. Jean-Claude reminds me of some Adam Sandler characters. Indeed this movie is somehow similar to Punch-Drunk Love, but much better. There is a whole bunch of interesting side characters, such as Bob, J-C:s friend from job who quite often eats the pizzas he should deliver. Then there's a taxi driver who likes to freak people out and a porno dealer, who has his own secrets. They are strange, but so is J-C, so who could be better company to help him finding a girl. Although the movie deals a lot with sex, most of the characters are very innocent in a way. Worth watching, 9/10.