Les amitiés maléfiques (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Emmanuel Bourdieu

Writers:

Emmanuel Bourdieu (writer)
Marcia Romano (writer)

Release Date:

27 September 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A group of college students are duped by a charming pathological liar |

Plot Keywords:

Student | Loyalty | Novel | Doctorate | Friendship

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Malik Zidi	...	Eloi Duhaut
Thibault Vinçon	...	André Morney
Alexandre Steiger	...	Alexandre Pariente
Thomas Blanchard	...	Edouard Franchon
Dominique Blanc	...	Florence Duhaut
Natacha Régnier	...	Marguerite
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Professeur Mortier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yves Arnaud	...	Colonel
Cécile Bouillot	...	Libraire
Saliha Bourdieu	...	Femme de Prof. Mortier
Botum Dupuis	...	Alice
Françoise Gillard	...	Suzanne
Francoise Girard
Eugène Green	...	David Eckhart
Geneviève Mnich	...	L'éditrice
Désirée Olmi	...	La patronne du restaurant
Chloé Perrier	...	Respnsable invitations
Grégory Quidel	...	Sous-officier
Louis Salkind	...	Candidat

Directed by
Emmanuel Bourdieu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Emmanuel Bourdieu		writer
Marcia Romano		writer

Produced by
Yorick Le Saux	....	producer
David Mathieu-Mahias	....	producer
Mani Mortazavi	....	producer

Original Music by
Grégoire Hetzel

Cinematography by
Yorick Le Saux

Film Editing by
Benoît Quinon

Casting by
Constance Demontoy

Production Design by
Nicolas de Boiscuillé

Costume Design by
Jacotte Perrier

Makeup Department
Nadine Goddard	....	hair stylist
Céline Perez	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gwenaëlle Clauwaert	....	production manager
Frédérique Jacomet	....	unit manager
Christophe Perrier-Leon	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elsa Amiel	....	first assistant director
Yann Chemin	....	trainee assistant director
Franklin Ohanessian	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fabienne Julien	....	props
Virginie Noël	....	props
Julia Tiemann	....	first assistant decorator

Sound Department
Julien Despres	....	boom operator
Armel Durassier	....	boom operator
Patrick Egreteau	....	foley artist
François Guillaume	....	sound
Guillaume Leriche	....	adr & foley engineer
Nicolas Naegelen	....	sound mixer
Patrice Séverac	....	post-synchronisation
Isabelle Tat	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Catherine Athon	....	post-production supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Odile Beraud	....	scanning and recording
Sébastien Guyot	....	scanning and recording
Robert Kfoury	....	scanning and recording
Joyce Menger	....	visual effects supervisor (as Joyce Weil Menger)
Philippe Reinaudo	....	technical director: Eclair Numerique
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning and recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Thierry Bohnke	....	second assistant camera
David Camus	....	grip
Pierre-Yves Dougnac	....	electrician
Emile Dubuisson	....	first assistant camera
Cyril Dupont	....	electrician
Stéphane Germain	....	key grip
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano	....	still photographer
Arnaud Gross	....	electrician
Mathias Raaflaub	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Virginie Foucard	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fanny Rappange	....	costumer
Sandra Schloeder	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	video color grader
Fabrice Blin	....	video color grader
Philippe Tourret	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Jiri Heger	....	music mixer
Mathieu Lamboley	....	music arranger
Sebastien Miglianico	....	assistant music mixer

Other crew
Dominique Coste	....	location manager
Marie Darel	....	production assistant
Renzo d'Orlando	....	production administrator
Angélique Mary	....	script supervisor
Rémi Roy	....	production administrator
Evelyne Surmulet	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• Fondation Beaumarchais (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Procirep (participation)
• Angoa-Agicoa (participation)
• Région Limousin (participation)
• Région Aquitaine (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (participation)
• TV5 (participation)
• 4 à 4 Productions

Distributors

• Les Films du Losange (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• One Plus One (2006) (France) (video) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Poison Friends (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (35 mm version) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Fondation Beaumarchais

Brilliant and authentic artistic work

I saw this movie yesterday and all I can say is that it is really intelligent, well performed, and the filming is also surprising because of a "Brechtian" way of reminding you that what you are seeing is a movie,not the reality...as if, the director wanted to tell you that he wouldn't deceive you. This picture is not only brilliantly written, with strong dialogs, and an intelligent story, it also has a Hitchcockien touch. But, be warned that it is not a film done in a way that one is used to. Finally, it moved me a lot from the beginning to its end. One of the best and original french movie of this year. Definitely a brilliant and authentic artistic work.