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| Guillaume Canet | ... |
Gus
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Zabou Breitman | ... |
Paméla
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| Benoît Poelvoorde | ... |
Lenny Bar
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| Guillaume Gallienne | ... |
Samuel Pupkin
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| François Berléand | ... |
Guy Bennet
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| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... |
Le père de Gus
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| Vincent Rottiers | ... |
Kevin
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Léa Drucker | ... |
La jumelle patineuse
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| Gilles Lellouche | ... |
Le jumeau patineur
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Jean-Noël Brouté | ... |
Le docteur 70's
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Lionel Abelanski | ... |
Le directeur du supermarché
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Philippe Lefebvre | ... |
Le prof de gym
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Laurent Lafitte | ... |
L'animateur du karaté-show
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| Mélanie Doutey | ... |
La fille "moitié des choses"
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| Anne Marivin | ... |
La femme aux objets
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Gus (played by Guillaume Canet) suffers from narcolepsy. He falls asleep all the time and has dreams about supermen from comics (Van Damme would play one of these supermen, a short & secret appearance).
Don't misunderstand me. I liked the movie.
At first I was disappointed. I was mostly examining the flaws in the acting , the poverty of dialogues etc. And then, I don't know how, I was enjoying the film very much.
The way I see it, Poelvoorde's evolution in cinema is always aiming to get closer and closer to the poor simple guy, struggling to get a sense to his life. In that one we have three. Two are best friends, the third is Gus' wife. I won't spoil the story since I think it deserves to be seen, but they managed to give a true picture of very particular yet totally second-rate lives.
Despite the apparent poverty of the situation (except in Gus' dreams), there's a lot going on, many clichés and references to Tarantino's movie making as well. And Van Damme is perfect: a counsellor for a dumb clueless guy who thinks he's the best karateka in the world. I think he's got his place there too.
Pretty hard to get a clear opinion on this, there's a lot of mixed messages ... Once again I won't recommend it for people used to mainstream movies.
I gave it 8 out of 10