99 francs (2007)

Director:

Jan Kounen

Writers:

Nicolas Charlet (screenplay), Bruno Lavaine (screenplay),

Stars:

Jean Dujardin, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Dujardin	...	Octave Parango
Jocelyn Quivrin	...	Charles 'Charlie' Dagout
Patrick Mille	...	Jean-François 'Jeff' Marolles
Vahina Giocante	...	Sophie
Elisa Tovati	...	Tamara
Nicolas Marié	...	Alfred Duler
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Jean-Christian Gagnant
Antoine Basler	...	Marc Maronnier
Fosco Perinti	...	Giovanni Di Toro
Cendrine Orcier	...	Fabienne
Dan Herzberg	...	Steven
Arsène Mosca	...	Le dealer
Niels Dubost	...	Père Groobad
Aurélie Boquien	...	Mère Groobad
Mathis Jamet	...	Enfant Groobad

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

vomit | scene after end credits | drug | advertising | money in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Pathé Distribution [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 September 2007 (France)

Also Known As:

15.99 Euro

Company Credits

Production Co:

Légende Entreprises, Film 99 Francs, Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on a novel with the same title by Frédéric Beigbeder.

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Goofs

When Octave's version of the Starlight commercial is shown on television for the first time, the blob of yogurt on his eyebrow disappears and reappears between takes.

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Connections

References Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

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Soundtracks

"The Fox"
Composed by Lalo Schifrin
from the film The Fox

User Reviews

Interesting French film about advertising business

Watching this film will give some critical ideas about consumerism, dirty ideas of ad business, also lifestyle of people working in advertising business in France. The ideas are different from all full of humor American TV series about advertisers (e.g. "I Dream of Jeannie" and others). The ideas are different, though there are many elements of black humor, criticism of machos' vices, The critical idea is the didactic message of the film. The film reminds that people would not die of hunger if more money are spent not for creating ads to increase turnover, also true critical insights about consumerism, the idea that advertising in many cases sell only dreams for some time.

The plot of the film is also full of visual experiments, some elements of animated cartoons, some repeated episodes which get more meaning at the end of the movie. Also the end of the film obviously make the viewer think more deeply about the nature of the change of the human being discarding commercial things.

It is worth to spend time watching this French film full of experiments and critical ideas about consumerism.

The book of Begbeider and the film are truly two different things, which add more ideas about critical insights about consumerism, advertising business.