La disparue de Deauville (2007)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Sophie Marceau

Writers:

Sophie Marceau (scenario) &
Gianguido Spinelli (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

23 May 2007 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Deauville | City Name In Title | Cliff | Palace | Normandy

Cast

Christopher Lambert	...	Jacques (as Christophe Lambert)
Sophie Marceau	...	Victoria / Lucie
Nicolas Briançon	...	Camille Bérangère
Simon Abkarian	...	Pierre
Robert Hossein	...	Antoine Bérangère
Marie-Christine Barrault	...	Mélanie Bérangère
Judith Magre	...	La duchesse
Marilou Berry	...	Fred
Magali Woch	...	Constance
Jacques Boudet	...	Le commissaire Penaud
Laure Duthilleul	...	Marilou
Firmine Richard	...	L'infirmière en chef
Samir Guesmi	...	L'étudiant en médecine
Valérie Tréjean	...	Chloé Renard
Georges Benoît	...	Le réceptionniste Georges
Denis Menochet	...	Jean-Luc
Jean-Paul Bonnaire	...	Mario, le pompiste
Guillaume Gouix	...	Le jeune caissier
Mark Reed	...	Journaliste interview (as Marc Reed)
Ahcène Nini	...	Momo
Olivier Perrot	...	Policier
Michel Capitanio	...	Policier 2 (as Michel Capitano)
Valérie Diome	...	La vendeuse de vêtements
Brigitte Damiens	...	Evelyne
Alain Stach	...	SDF polonais
Sébastien Seveau	...	Albert Brieuc
Roshane Goevelinger	...	Lucie 12 ans
Clara Spire	...	Lucie bébé
Cyprien Kempen-Hamel	...	Camille 3 ans
Mathias Mégard	...	L'homme du film
Marvin Dein	...	L'infirmier
Julien Hossein	...	Antoine Bérangère jeune
Oury Milshtein	...	Voiturier Hôtel Normandy
Ariane Guez	...	Infirmière 1
Catherine Olaya Salazar	...	Infirmière 2 (as Catherine Perotti Olaya)
Marion Gravoulet	...	Infirmière 3
Marc Coin	...	Infirmier
Benedicte Frely	...	Femme de chambre 1
Ariane Daurat	...	Femme de chambre 2
Guy Delauney	...	Doublure Robert Hossein
Grazziela Horens	...	Doublure lumière Paris
Marina Ligeron	...	Souffle Chloé
Whoopi	...	Chinchilla

Directed by
Sophie Marceau

Writing credits
Sophie Marceau		(scenario) &
Gianguido Spinelli		(scenario) &
Jacques Deschamps		(scenario)
Rania Meziani		(collaboration)
Sophie Marceau		(idea)

Produced by
Ariane Guez	....	producer
Oury Milshtein	....	producer

Original Music by
Franck Louise		(as Franck II Louise)

Cinematography by
Laurent Dailland

Production Design by
Jean Bauer

Costume Design by
Isabelle Pannetier

Production Management
Mat Troi Day	....	production manager
Vincent Lecerf	....	assistant unit manager
Karine Petite	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Catherine Olaya Salazar	....	second assistant director
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michel Conche	....	on-set propmaster
Anne Pelosi	....	assistant art director
Virgile Regnault	....	props maker

Sound Department
Franck Arblade	....	dialogue editor
François Maurel	....	sound
Fred Messa	....	boom operator
Julien Ngo-Trong	....	sound editor
Manuel Vidal	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Elodie Glain	....	visual effects coordinator
Fred Roz	....	titles

Stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Marie Delorme	....	camera assistant
Gil Fontbonne	....	key grip
Arnaud Gervet	....	additional second assistant camera
Eléonore Huisse	....	additional assistant camera
Océane Lavergne	....	focus puller
Maud Lemaistre	....	second assistant camera
Farès Messaoud	....	additional second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ariane Daurat	....	wardrobe assistant
Olivia Lahougue	....	wardrobe supervisor
Paulette Ribot	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Frederic Jupin	....	digital conformation
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Clotilde Tellier	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bruno Mercere	....	music mixer

Other crew
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation

Thanks
Gregory Chambet	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Illiade et Films
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• SND (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• New Select (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• SND (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Trivial (International: English title)

Runtime:

Argentina:103 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Illiade et Films

The Pleasures of Film Noir

For those who share a delight in the very French film noir genre, TRIVIAL (La Disparue de Deauville) is sure to please. To attempt to outline the plot of this beautifully photographed and acted film would be to deny the viewer the pleasure of unraveling the mysteries that make up this at times obtuse story. But that is the pleasure of these films - just when you think you know what is happening, along comes an artsy twist that throws you for a loop.

Suffice it to say that the characters who grace the stage include a badly emotionally fractured policeman Jacques (Christophe Lambert) who in attempting to recuperate from the loss of his wife encounters a mysterious woman who seems to be the reincarnation of an actress who died in an automobile accident 36 years ago. Jacques must wrestle with reality to answer his duty to investigate a death of the owner of the glamorous Hotel Riviera - an investigation that introduces him to the wheelchair-ridden wife, her son, and clues as to the clandestine affair the owner had been having. The woman of mystery appears in strange moments: is she real or an illusion? In the end the secrets of the strange hotel owner family background and the cases of missing persons all come to rest in a seductive caper: we should have seen it coming but that is the delight of film noir.

The very beautiful and talented Sophie Marceau had the idea for the story (she plays the dual roles of the deceased actress phantom and the love interest) , wrote the screenplay (with Gianguido Spinelli, Jacques Deschamps, and Rania Meziani), and directs the film with the flow of an Alain Renais work. The supporting cast is likewise excellent and the entire production has that rare mystery of French glow. In French with English subtitles. Grady Harp