Rire et châtiment (2003)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Isabelle Doval

Writers:

Olivier Dague (writer)
Isabelle Doval (writer)
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Release Date:

22 January 2003 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Vincent Roméro is an osteopath who makes a point of being funny every minute he is awake. In fact it is his way to remain the center of attention...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Accidental Killing | Russian | Dog | Unhappy Love

Cast

José Garcia	...	Vincent Roméro
Isabelle Doval	...	Camille Sétine
Laurent Lucas	...	Jacques
Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Le prof de secourisme
Véronique Picciotto	...	Catherine
Philippe Uchan	...	Pierre
Judith El Zein	...	Agnès
Marie Mergey	...	Madame Bourdier
Renaud Rutten	...	Chauffeur de taxi
Alain Bouzigues	...	Le dragueur dans la rue
Valérie Benguigui	...	Audrey
Jean-Marie Lamour	...	Mickäel
Bénédicte Charpiat	...	Jeune femme
François Berland	...	Barman bar billard
Delphine Bibet	...	Libraire russe
Philippe Hérisson	...	L'amuseur
Philippe Lehembre	...	Monsieur Leboeuf
Michel Lamprecht	...	Mort de rire hôpital
Paco Cabezas	...	Monsieur Zitoun
Nicole Evans	...	Madame Colin
Thierry Heckendorn	...	Patient sévère
Michel Fouquet	...	Patient Vincent
Sophie Cattani	...	Patiente Vincent
Pascal Gentil	...	Patient sportif
Sacha Vikouloff	...	Serveur Perestroïka
Charlotte Desgeorges	...	Lise
Antoine Blanquefort	...	Laurent
Jean-François Halin	...	Jean
Hervé Hiolle	...	Mort de rire bouchon
Ahcène Nini	...	Mort de rire discothèque 1
Michel Propper	...	Mort de rire discothèque 2
Patrice Lebadezet	...	Mort de rire canal
Michel Baladi	...	Mort de rire kiosquier
Bernard Collins	...	Mort de rire Perestroika 2
Michel Scotto di Carlo	...	Mort de rire Perestroika 1
Guy Lecluyse	...	Mort de rire Perestroika 3
Olivier Dague	...	Chanteur guitariste
Yves Robin	...	Le curé
Laurent Tchkaïdze	...	Le lanceur de couteaux
Petia Iourtchenko	...	Le professeur de danse tzigane
David Benassaya	...	Danseur Tzigane 1
Sophie Menissier	...	Danseuse tzigane 1
Odile Premel	...	Danseuse tzigane 2
Ana Talabard	...	Danseuse tzigane 3
Arman Vossougui	...	Danseur Tzigane 2
Isabel Encinias	...	Musicienne steel-band
Mathieu Borgne	...	Steel Band Musician
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sylvestre Amoussou	...	Mort de rire Black
Michèle Ernou	...	Gardienne
Laurent Zimmermann	...	Mort de rire Mime

Directed by
Isabelle Doval

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Dague		writer
Isabelle Doval		writer
Jean-François Halin		writer

Produced by
Philippe Cam	....	associate producer
Bachar Kouatly	....	associate producer
Zwi Limon	....	associate producer
Alain Mamou-Mani	....	co-producer
Michel Propper	....	producer
Jean-Manuel Rozan	....	associate producer
Luc Besson	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Denis Rouden

Film Editing by
Bénédicte Teiger

Casting by
Stéphane Foenkinos

Production Design by
Olivier Raoux

Art Direction by
Stéphane Cressend

Costume Design by
Cécile Cotten

Makeup Department
Catherine Crassac	....	key hair stylist
Odile Fourquin	....	key makeup artist
Isabelle Goulliart	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Stéphane Bouchard	....	unit manager
Philippe Lelièvre	....	assistant unit manager
Ludovic Naar	....	post-production manager
Ludovic Naar	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicolas Bouaziz	....	third assistant director
Jean-Christophe Delpias	....	first assistant director
Albin Voulfow	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Emmanuel Delis	....	property master
Antoine Dore	....	props
Alexis Imbert	....	carpenter
Alexis Imbert	....	props

Sound Department
François Fayard	....	sound editor
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound recordist
Kamal Ouazene	....	sound
Pierre Picq	....	boom operator
Williams Schmit	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Tisserand	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Philippe Morel	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Didier Bourel	....	electrician
Jean-Baptiste Chesnais	....	second assistant camera
Bruno Durand	....	key grip
Michel Lebray	....	electrician
Denis Paillieux	....	electrician
Sonia Sieff	....	still photographer
François Vigon	....	camera loader

Music Department
Nicolas Duport	....	music mixer

Other crew
Yvan Gauthier	....	additional material director
Bénédicte Teiger	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Luc Besson	....	thanks

Production Companies

• MP Productions
• Europa Corp.
• France 2 Cinéma
• M6 Films
• Procirep
• France 2 (FR2)
• M6 Métropole Télévision
• Canal+

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution (worldwide)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (France) (theatrical)
• Belga Films (2003) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Blitz (2004) (Croatia) (theatrical)
• Blitz (????) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
• Christal Films / Lion Gates Films (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
• DVD Group (????) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Intersonic (????) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Intersonic (????) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Italia Film (2003) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2003) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Megarama Distribution (2003) (Morocco) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Tuck (????) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
• Vadi Van Kris (2003) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Europa Diffusion (France) (video)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2003) (France) (DVD)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2003) (France) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Laughter and Punishment (International: English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

MP Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Russian waiter speaks to Vincent in Russian, what he says is subtitled as "Do you have Slavic origins?", while it really means "Do you have Orthodoxal origins", which is clearly not what it was intended to be.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Rire et châtiment: le making of (2003)

If you like José Garcia, you'll love this movie !

Finally a movie where Jose Garcia has all the place he wants to breath and really express himself ! (All right, maybe it's because his wife directs the movie, that's a minimum !)And the scenes with Benoit Poelvoorde are masterpieces ! This is not only a very funny movie (sometimes it's very subtle, it's even better) it has a real purpose : to make you realize how lucky you are before loosing everything completely, some moving moments, but there's always a trace of humor after so you never stop laughing while the message goes through.

I had a really good time with this movie, I hope you will too !