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Director:
Emmanuelle Bercot
Writers:
Emmanuelle Bercot (writer)
Jérôme Tonnerre (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 November 2005 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Plot:
An adolescent groupie (Isild Le Besco) zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol (Emmanuelle Seigner) after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Isild Le Besco is amazing in this film. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Emmanuelle Seigner ... Lauren Waks
Isild Le Besco ... Lucie
Noémie Lvovsky ... Juliette
Valéry Zeitoun ... Seymour
Samuel Benchetrit ... Daniel
Édith Le Merdy ... Marie-Line, la mère de Lucie (as Edith Le Merdy)
Jean-Paul Walle Wa Wana ... Jean-Claude, le garde du corps

Mar Sodupe ... Nanou
Lise Lamétrie ... La femme de chambre
Claude Duneton ... Le père de Lauren
Joëlle Miquel ... Une fan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julien Bossé ... Appearing
Fulvia Collongues
Anne-Lise Heimburger

Sandy Lakdar
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:112 min | Argentina:115 min | Canada:115 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Movie Connections:
Remade as Backstage (2010) more
Soundtrack:
Love Is Blindness more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Isild Le Besco is amazing in this film., 5 December 2007
8/10
Author: rogermanning995 from United States

It's the performances that make this film worth seeing. Isild Le Besco's is amazing. Her face says it all. See this just to watch her, particularly in her happy moments. I was also very impressed with Nomie Lvovsky (plays a supporting role). She also was perfect in her non-verbal facial expression story telling.

The rock star/fans/entertainment industry plot is the framework, but the story isn't really about all that. The rendering of the plot is somewhat comic and melodramatic, but I believe this is intentional to keep all that from getting in the way of the real story which is the characters' passions and interactions. Even so, there is plenty of reality involved.

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