Comme une image (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Agnès Jaoui

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Bacri (scenario)
Agnès Jaoui (scenario)

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A french girl gifted with a great voice, has a complex about her weight and her appearance.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Choir | Bestseller Writer | Singing | Paris France

Awards:

8 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Marilou Berry	...	Lolita Cassard
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Étienne Cassard
Agnès Jaoui	...	Sylvia Millet
Laurent Grévill	...	Pierre Millet
Virginie Desarnauts	...	Karine Cassard
Keine Bouhiza	...	Sébastien
Grégoire Oestermann	...	Vincent
Serge Riaboukine	...	Félix
Michèle Moretti	...	Édith
Jean-Pierre Lazzerini	...	Taxi Driver
Jacques Boko	...	Bouncer
Yves Verhoeven	...	Onlooker #1
Samir Guesmi	...	Onlooker #2
Bob Zaremba	...	Guy Seen Everywhere
Roberte Kiehl	...	Conservatoire Pianist
Jean-Baptiste Blanc	...	Conservatoire Singer
Emma Beziaud	...	Louna
Julien Baumgartner	...	Mathieu
Zelie Berger	...	Mathieu's Girlfriend
Dimitri Rataud	...	Doctor
Camille Dereux	...	Pretty Singer
Henri Boyer	...	Pierre and Sylvia's Pianist
Guillaume Huet	...	Nicolas
Olivia Lancelot	...	Painter
Elodie Clairin	...	Etienne's Waitress
Olivier Claverie	...	Mr. Tessier
Bernard Blancan	...	Village Cafe Waiter
Sebastien Andrieu	...	Young Man Who Looks at Sylvia (as Sébastien Andrieu)
Marie Sarrasin	...	Young Girl Mathieu Kisses
Antonia Cornin-Navarro	...	Guardian
Philippe Tran	...	Edith and Sylvia's Waiter
Erick Desmarestz	...	New Teacher (as Erick Desmaretz)
Didier Brice	...	New Teacher's Assistant
Olivier Doran	...	François Galland
Catherine Morin	...	Tastycat Actress
Alain Debruyne	...	Usher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vincent Bowen
Emilie Lafarge
Maia Landaburu
Jackie Berroyer	...	L'ami devant les Bains (uncredited)
André Crudo	...	Le photographe des Bains (uncredited)

Directed by
Agnès Jaoui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Pierre Bacri		scenario
Agnès Jaoui		scenario

Produced by
Jean-Philippe Andraca	....	producer
Christian Bérard	....	producer

Original Music by
Philippe Rombi

Cinematography by
Stéphane Fontaine

Film Editing by
François Gédigier

Casting by
Brigitte Moidon

Production Design by
Olivier Jacquet

Set Decoration by
Jimena Esteve

Costume Design by
Jackie Budin

Makeup Department
Eric Benazet	....	hair stylist
Patrick Girault	....	key hair stylist
Jacky Reynal	....	key makeup artist (as Jackie Reynal)
Catherine Vrignaud	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Chevalier	....	production manager
Nathalie Dages	....	assistant unit production manager
Loïc Deplace	....	assistant unit production manager
Alexandra Dima	....	assistant unit production manager
Aurélien Fauchet	....	assistant unit production manager
Jean-Marc Fitte-Duval	....	assistant unit production manager
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production manager
Marie-Hélène Lambret	....	unit production manager (as Marie-Hélène Labret)
Bruno Perdrigeat	....	assistant unit production manager
Xavier Rivière	....	assistant unit production manager
Romaric Thomas	....	assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Antoine Garceau	....	first assistant director
Ludovic Giraud	....	trainee assistant director
Raphaëlle Piani	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Franck Chicheportiche	....	assistant art director
Peter Hammond	....	painter
Philippe Lacomblez	....	assistant art director
Yvon Moreno	....	property master
Eleonore Chaspoul	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Katia Boutin	....	dialogue editor
Frank Ceven	....	assistant foley artist
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Rym Debbarh-Mounir	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Pierre Duret	....	sound
Dominique Eyraud	....	boom operator
Gérard Lamps	....	sound mixer
Armelle Mahé	....	assistant sound mixer
Armelle Mahé	....	dialogue recordist
Armelle Mahé	....	foley recording engineer
Nadine Muse	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects producer
Sarah Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Xavier Cholet	....	electrician
Xavier Cholet	....	gaffer
Marie Decourt	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Paul Dumas-Grillet	....	still photographer
Isabelle Dumas	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Bernard Josko	....	grip
Franck Loiseau	....	grip (as Franck Loizeau)
Luc Reyrolle	....	gaffer
Stéphane Rouillon	....	grip
Joel Spinola	....	gaffer (as Joël Spinola)
Michel Strasser	....	key grip
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assistant

Casting Department
Marie-France Michel	....	extras casting
Fanny Touya	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aline Dupays	....	on-set costumer

Editorial Department
Clara Bouffartigue	....	trainee assistant editor
Beatrice Herminie	....	assistant editor (as Béatrice Herminie)
Marjolaine Mispelaere	....	color timer
Clara Salducci	....	trainee assistant editor

Music Department
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Marie Barré	....	location scout
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC
Sylvie François	....	production secretary
François Hernandez	....	making-of director
Sandra Marthon	....	unit production assistant
Yann Nerot	....	production administrator
Agathe Sallabery	....	script supervisor (as Agathe Sallaberry)
Thierry Valletoux	....	reportage

Production Companies

• Les Films A4
• Canal+
• Eyescreen S.r.l.
• France 2 Cinéma
• Studio Canal

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Dendy Films (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Orlando Films (2004) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Lucky Red (2004) (Italy) (all media)
• Melimedias (2004) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Melimedias (2004) (Belgium) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Look at Me (International: English title) (USA)
Così fan tutti (Italy)
Like an Image (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language and a sexual reference.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:GP | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Hungary:14 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Menades, Yonne, France

Company:

Les Films A4

Trivia:

This film contains a clip from Blood on the Moon (1948).

Quotes:

Étienne Cassard: There's cyanide in the bathroom.
Sébastien: Why do you say that?
Étienne Cassard: Just to cut the tension.

Movie Connections:

Features Blood on the Moon (1948)

A skillful, subtle movie

The film begins with a character speaking on her cellphone but unable to be heard because the taxi driver is playing his radio at such a loud volume -- which is a fitting preface to the rest of the film, in which characters try desperately not only to be seen (as in the title, translated only approximately from the French "Comme Une Image"), but to be heard. At the heart of the story is a daughter's inability to be heard, quite literally, by her father -- who will rarely acknowledge his daughter and refuses to listen to his daughter's cassette of her singing classical music. Aside from the main father/daughter relationship, the film is full of types that are at once fresh and recognizable (the unctuous friend of the celebrity, the slightly defeated wife of an author, who has subsumed her own passions for music to his passion to be a famous author). This will come as no surprise to those familiar with Jaoui's other work. Though not groundbreaking cinema, Look At Me is two hours very well spent in a theater.