A+ Pollux (2002)

Director:

Luc Pagès

Writers:

Philippe Jaenada (novel)
Maïté Maillé (writer)

Release Date:

3 July 2002 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Gad Elmaleh	...	Halvard Sanz
Cécile De France	...	Pollux Lesiak
Nathalie Boutefeu	...	Pascaline
Jean-Marie Galey	...	Marc
Marina Golovine	...	Cécile
Marilu Marini	...	Marthe
Pierre Berriau	...	Julien
Stéphanie Schwartzbrod	...	L'envoyée d'Oscar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Ardillon	...	Un ami Intrus chez Halvard
Sophie Arthuys	...	Abonnés absents (voice)
Baka	...	Caracas, le chat d'Halvard
Laurent Bénégui	...	L'homme sur le bateau
Eric Bonicatto	...	Le flic à la grille
Géraldine Bonnet-Guérin	...	Nadège Martin
Sophie Bouilloux	...	Laure
Brenda Clark	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Tony D'Amario	...	Un compagnon de cellule
Solenn Denis	...	La fille qui ressemble à Pollux
Gilles Dyrek	...	Un ami intrus chez Halvard
Cansel Elcin	...	Un ami intrus chez Halvard
Jérôme Frey	...	Le flic au blouson de cuir
Jean-Luc Gaget	...	Le sale type
Pierre Gérald	...	Le vieux monsieur agressé
Anne Gerles	...	Une amie intruse chez Halvard
Marie Gerles	...	La mamie
Catherine Giron	...	La femme prude au zoo
Thierry Godard	...	Un ami intrus chez Halvard
Gaël Grinevald	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Jean-Christian Grinevald	...	Le Père d'Oscar
Laure Guillem	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Christophe Hémon	...	Hannibal
Jean-Marc Huber	...	Le ronfleur dans la cellule
Frédéric Hulne	...	Un ami intrus chez Halvard
Monica Jarosz	...	La fille de 13 ans
Jode	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Elefterios Kechogioglou	...	De l'abonné grec (voice)
Kenya	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Christophe Le Masne	...	Le commissaire de police
Isabelle Le Nouvel	...	Une chérie d'Halvard
Sabrina Leurquin	...	La voisine de table
Brigitte Lo Cicero
Cécile Maistre	...	La marchande de légumes
Patrice Maktav	...	Un invité à la soirée
Jean-Pierre Mercier	...	Le marchand de journaux
Isabelle Meyer	...	Lolotte
Miglen Mirtchev	...	Le guitariste
Marc Nouyrigat	...	Le type louche du ferry
Nikola Obermann	...	Chérie d'Halvard
Malo Pagès	...	Oscar - Un petit garçon
Rémi Pouss	...	Un type aux wc
François Robert	...	Un passager du bateau sur le Nil
Christine Roux	...	Une amie intruse chez Halvard
Michel Ruhl	...	Le père de Lolotte (voice)
Pascal Salaün	...	Un type aux wc
Blanche Veisberg	...	La fliquette au blouson de cuir
Eric Veniard	...	Le flic à la lampe de poche
Louise Vincent	...	La passagère du bateau sur le Nil

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Ile de Groix, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

This film contains excerpts from the following documentaries: "Scènes de chasse en Bretagne" directed by Jean-Yves Carrée (courtesy of the Conseil régional de la chasse de Bretagne); "Prédateurs" directed by Laurent Charbonnier (courtesy of Laurent Charbonnier); "Paysage du Canada", courtesy of Arnaud Larrieu.

Movie Connections:

Features "Chroniques de l'Afrique sauvage" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Pollux

A short love story ends in a troubling way.

Hard to talk about this work without revealing something capital. Let's say it's about falling in love and learning to get over it. On a cruise ship. a young man, "A", (Gad Elmaleh) confides to an old couple about his recent short love affair with a young woman, "Pollux" (Cécile de France) which ended abruptly.

The awkward and shy A meets the outgoing and lively Pollux. His thoughts ("A" narrates the story) during the affair are very humorous and typical of the guy who's too shy to go further and wouldn't have if it had not been for the girl who does all the right moves, something he could only dream of and never got before.

The truth about the abrupt ending of the relationship comes later, as a shock. The hero eventually learns how, as they say, to get a life. A superb, simple yet effective and memorable movie with two underrated young actors.