Les bronzés 3: amis pour la vie (2006)

Director:

Patrice Leconte

Writers:

Josiane Balasko
Christian Clavier
(more)

Release Date:

1 February 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Mediterranean Sea | Blond Wig | Breast Enlargement | Meeting Again | Seaside

Awards:

1 win

Cast

George Aguilar	...	L'infirmier spa
Josiane Balasko	...	Nathalie Morin
Karine Belly	...	Maman fillette bateau
Elio Beretta	...	L'aide cuisinier
Michel Blanc	...	Jean-Claude Dus / 'Jessie la Mèche'
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Gisèle 'Gigi' André
Beppe Chierici	...	Giuseppe, le capitaine (as Beppe Clerici)
Christian Clavier	...	Jérôme Tarayre
Ahmed Guedayia	...	Le groom muet
Arthur Jugnot	...	Benjamin Morin
Gérard Jugnot	...	Bernard Morin
Genti Kame	...	Le vigile hôtel
Doris Kunstmann	...	Mme Franken
Martin Lamotte	...	Augustin "Miguel" Weissmuller
Micaela Lanza	...	L'infirmière
Dominique Lavanant	...	Christiane Weissmuller
Laurent Letord	...	L'"erreur de fiancé"
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Robert "Popeye" Lespinasse
Serena Minaldi Reinaldi	...	L'esthéticienne spa (as Serena Reinaldi)
Bruno Moynot	...	Jambier
Caterina Murino	...	Elena
Ornella Muti	...	Graziella Sparaggi Lespinasse
François Nadin	...	Chauffeur navette
Eric Naggar	...	M. Guy
Victoria Obermayer	...	La fille dans la voiture
Coline Perruchon	...	La chanteuse
Étienne Perruchon	...	Le pianiste
Marc Rioufol	...	Le golfeur
Rinaldo Rocco	...	Le fiancé italien
Franco Trevisi	...	Professeur Cavani
Julia Truffaut	...	La réceptionniste
Luca Vellani	...	Le serveur dîner

Directed by
Patrice Leconte

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Josiane Balasko
Michel Blanc
Marie-Anne Chazel
Christian Clavier
Gérard Jugnot
Thierry Lhermitte

Produced by
Alexandra Fechner	....	associate producer
Christian Fechner	....	producer
Jean Louis Nieuwbourg	....	line producer
Hervé Truffaut	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Étienne Perruchon

Cinematography by
Jean-Marie Dreujou

Film Editing by
Joëlle Hache

Casting by
Mirta Guarnaschelli
Gérard Moulévrier

Production Design by
Ivan Maussion

Costume Design by
Cécile Magnan

Makeup Department
Sophie Benaiche	....	key makeup artist (as Sophie Benaïche)
Yonnel Bogaert	....	hair stylist
Stéphane Desmarez	....	hair stylist
Catherine Duplan	....	hair stylist
Valeria Marchetti	....	key makeup artist (as Valérie Marchetti)
Magalie Ohlmann	....	key makeup artist
Agnès Tassel	....	key makeup artist
Patrick Villain	....	key hair stylist
Catherine Vrignaud	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Stephan Arnoux	....	assistant unit manager
François-Xavier Bazin	....	unit manager
Aimeric Bonello	....	unit production manager
Thierry d'Orlan de Polignac	....	assistant unit manager
Alain Mougenot	....	unit production manager
Jean Louis Nieuwbourg	....	production manager
Jean Louis Nieuwbourg	....	production supervisor
Eric Noël	....	assistant unit manager
Jerome Pinot	....	assistant unit manager (as Jérôme Pinot)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cécile Denis	....	second assistant director
Stephane Moreno-Carpio	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Virginie Denis Roy	....	first assistant art director (as Virginie Denis)
Bruno Lelevé	....	sculptor
Julien Mercier	....	second assistant art director
Nicolas Raffy	....	property master

Sound Department
Annabel Acquaviva	....	sound assistant
Samuel Aïchoun	....	trainee sound re-recording mixer
Fanchon Brulé	....	sound editor (as Fanchon Brûlé Gaillard)
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Michel Filippi	....	post-synchronization
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound mixer
Arnaud Julien	....	second boom operator
Arnaud Julien	....	second sound assistant
Maëlle Le Coadic	....	assistant sound editor
Lionel Lebras	....	post-synchronization
Daniel Ollivier	....	sound
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist
Christophe Vingtrinier	....	assistant sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Benjamin Ageorges	....	digital artist
Yan Allain	....	visual effects supervisor: Christiane's lips
Stephane Bidault	....	visual effects supervisor
Pierre Blain	....	lead compositor
Christophe Chanvin	....	digital artist
Nicolas Delbecq	....	digital artist
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Atanassian	....	electrician
Jean Atanassian	....	gaffer
Bruno Boban	....	grip
Arnaud Borrel	....	still photographer
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Benoit Dentan	....	aerial camera operator
Benoit Dentan	....	camera operator
Patrick Gasché	....	gaffer
Patrick Lemaire	....	gaffer
Jean-Marie Leroy	....	still photographer
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera helicopter
Nicolas Rideau	....	assistant camera
Denis Scozzesi	....	key grip
Paul Triboulet	....	grip
Vincent Trividic	....	assistant camera
Antoine Vidal	....	crane operator

Casting Department
Catherine Deserbais	....	extras casting
Paolo Geremei	....	extras casting assistant
Mirta Guarnaschelli	....	casting: Italy
Christian Peritore	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Seny Carette	....	on-set costumer
Alain Chapuis	....	on-set costumer
Sophie Lifshitz	....	costumes
Annick Redon	....	costumer
Marie Trimouille	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Catherine Adart	....	post-production director
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Valéry Domont	....	post-production assistant
Frederic Jupin	....	lustre editor
Bruno Patin	....	color timer
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Sylvie Van der Vorm	....	assistant editor
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation

Music Department
Ognian Borissov	....	musician: guitar
Didier Lizé	....	music mixer
Jean-Luc Lopez	....	musician: drums
Adrien Perruchon	....	musician: drums and percussion
Coline Perruchon	....	music assistant
Étienne Perruchon	....	musician: keyboards
Jérôme Vittoz	....	musician

Other crew
Sophie Ba	....	production assistant (as Sophie BA)
Jacqueline Benloulou	....	production administrator (as Jacqueline Ben Loulou)
Myriam Bruguière	....	press attache
Esperanza Casero	....	production accountant
Olivier Guigues	....	press attache
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Marie Leconte	....	script supervisor
Christophe Maratier	....	weapons advisor
Frédéric North	....	aerial coordinator
Marion Pastor	....	script supervisor assistant
Fabrizio Rivelli	....	assistant: Ornella Muti
Henry Villain	....	travelling car

Production Companies

• Les Films Christian Fechner
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)

Distributors

• CDI Films (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Roissy Films (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Top Film (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• CCRE (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• AutreChose
• Forêt Bleue (special effects: Christiane's lips)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems (ACS)  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Kodak  film stock
• Studiotel  editing facilities

Also Known As:

"Friends Forever" - USA (festival title)

Runtime:

France:97 min

Country:

France

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Hotel Cala di Volpe, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Les Films Christian Fechner

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #112631.

Movie Connections:

Follows French Fried Vacation (1978)

Soundtrack:

Baila Morena

Way too different from the originals

This comment does not contain spoilers.

So, 3rd installment of the holidays of the "Bronzés" (the "sun tanned" in French). Boy, am I glad I did not buy the DVD. And do I feel sorry for the friend who did.

Anyway, 27 years after the previous 2 movies (Les Bronzés, 1978, tt0077276 on IMDb and Les Bronzés font du ski, 1979, tt0078907 on IMDb, both excellent comedies), the characters all get back together again. They are the same, played by the same actors. The comedy, unfortunately, is not the same.

The first 2 movies relied on well too known situations to anyone in France (or in Europe) going on holiday. If you have been on holiday skiing or to the seaside, you have LIVED what the previous 2 movies depicted. They both were very, very good at pointing all these defects we have, all these little things that can go wrong, all these little stupid reactions you have because you just can't help it. And they felt so true. The characters were mean, greedy, selfish, jealous, stupid, you name it. But somehow, they were endearing, you felt like you knew them, because you had gone through the same. Everything felt so familiar.

All this is exactly what all of us, who had seen the first 2 and were waiting for the 3rd one, were expecting.

And all this, is precisely what this 3rd movie is not. This movie has nothing to do with you, nothing to do with me, nothing to do with your holidays and how they can look or feel like. This movie mostly relies on obvious, exaggerated jokes. If you see some mildly comic effect at the beginning, you know it will be repeated over and over beyond the limits of your patience. You might come to identify with some of the characters: when they don't want to hear about one of their "friend's" problem, you will think, just like them, "just leave us alone and shut up, I don't want to hear about it anymore!!!"

About half way through it (well I was hoping a good 90 minutes had passed already and that the end was near, but my watch, the traitor, told me there was still quite a lot to bear), after so much screaming and so much of the same over and over again, I just wished it would finish QUICK !!!

Don't waste your time nor your good memories of the old films. No, seriously. Don't.