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Director:
Jan Kounen
Writers:
Nicolas & Bruno (screenplay) and
Jan Kounen (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
26 September 2007 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excessively good! more

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Max Bennett ... Salaud #1
Dioucounda Koma ... Salaud #2 (as Diouc Koma)
Joachim Staaf ... Salaud #3
Anton Yakovlev ... Salaud #4
Yongsou Cho ... Salaud #5 (as Young Soo Cho)
Luis Martinez-Saiz ... Salaud #6
Ana Bara ... Maman supermarché
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fabrice Abraham ... Fabrice
Diamilex Alexander ... Christina

Alexandra Ansidei ... Christèle
Cédric Barbereau ... Cadre #2 gagnant
Frédéric Beigbeder ... Badman

Rachel Berger ... La Stagiaire
François Berléand ... Le comédien dans la pub Eram (archive footage)
Béruchet ... Régisseur plateau photo

Cécile Breccia ... Mannequin photo
Rodolphe Chabrier ... The sleeping guy with an heavy dick
David Clark ... First Assistant Director
Jean-Félix Cuny ... PDG Madone

David Daouda
Catherine Davenier ... Mère Sophie
Karine Fellous ... Madame Gagnant
Christophe Hatey ... Jeune policier
Jan Kounen ... Pydjhaman
Philippe Lamendin ... Père Sophie
Titouan Laporte ... Enfant gagnant
Cyril Lecomte
Nicky Marbot ... Cuistot
Junko Murakami ... Photo Shoot Caterer
Claude Petit ... Le président
Tristan Petitgirard ... Cadre # 1 gagnant
Olivier Rosenberg ... Seb
Anita Blond ... Porn actress (uncredited)
Julien Lecat ... Un flic (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jan Kounen 
 
Writing credits
Nicolas & Bruno  screenplay and dialogue and
Jan Kounen  screenplay

Frédéric Beigbeder (novel)

Produced by
Alain Goldman .... producer
Marc Vadé .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Jean-Jacques Hertz 
François Roy 
 
Cinematography by
David Ungaro (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Anny Danche 
 
Casting by
Pierre-Jacques Bénichou 
Mireya Guanipa 
 
Production Design by
Michel Barthélémy 
 
Set Decoration by
Boris Piot 
 
Costume Design by
Chattoune 
 
Makeup Department
Olivier Afonso .... special makeup effects artist
Guillaume Castagné .... special makeup effects artist
Nicolas Herlin .... special makeup effects artist
Diane Mahmoudi .... hair stylist
Anne Moralis .... wigmaker
Hue Lan Van Duc .... key makeup artist
 
Production Management
Abraham Goldblat .... post-production manager
Alain Mougenot .... unit production manager
 
Art Department
François Borgeaud .... property master
Yannick Heuveline .... carpenter
Pascal Leguellec .... assistant art director
Serge Peyron .... locksmith
Boris Piot .... set dresser
Arnaud Roth .... first assistant decorator
Nathalie Rousseau .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Nicolas Becker .... foley artist
Nicolas Becker .... sound designer
Mélanie Blouin .... assistant re-recording engineer
Nicolas Dambroise .... dialog editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville .... sound mix technician
Assia Dnednia .... assistant foley artist
Marc Doisne .... adr engineer
Marc Doisne .... foley engineer
Marc Doisne .... sound re-recording mixer
Florian Fabre .... assistant foley artist
Alain Féat .... sound designer
Alain Féat .... supervising sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier .... sound mixer
Laurent Lafran .... sound recordist
Alexis Place .... sound designer
Alexis Place .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Frédéric Lainé .... special effects makeup
 
Visual Effects by
Alexandra Added .... digital compositor
Adrien Borzakian .... digital artist
Bertrand Breuze .... digital artist
Stephanie Broussaud .... Lustre assistant
Rodolphe Chabrier .... visual effects supervisor
Fabien Coupez .... flame compositor
Thibault Deloof .... digital artist
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge .... Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Amélie Guyot .... matchmover
Daphnée Hong .... animator
Abdel Ali Kassou .... technical manager
Elodie Ly Tri .... retouch and restoration
Peregrine MacCafferty .... matchmove artist
Nicolas Rigaud .... digital artist
Marion Roger .... senior digital compositor
Patrick Siboni .... digital compositor: Flame artist
David Tomaszewski .... digital artist
 
Stunts
Rémi Canaple .... assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple .... stunts wire effects
Rémi Canaple .... stunts
Alexandre Cauderlier .... stunt double: Jean Dujardin
Alexandre Cauderlier .... stunts wire effects
Patrick Cauderlier .... stunt coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier .... stunts wire effects
Patrick Cauderlier .... stunts
Yan Dron .... assistant stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Ballant .... grip
Arthuis Cécile .... video assistant
Hugues Espinasse .... focus puller
Grégori Gajéro .... additional second assistant camera
Philippe Gibier .... generator operator
Gregory Pagnier .... assistant video
Julien Pamart .... second assistant camera
Marie-Laure Prost .... focus puller: "b" camera
Frédéric Wormser .... head first assistant camera
 
Animation Department
Julien Bizat .... 2d animator
 
Casting Department
Anne Fremiot .... casting: South France
Marc Robert .... casting assistant
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claire Lacaze .... key costumer
Christine Marot .... seamstress
Sylvie Ong .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Florent Vassault .... first assistant editor
 
Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim .... action vehicle assistant coordinator
Charles Heidet .... picture vehicle coordinator
 
Other crew
Séverine Barré .... accountant: post-production
Sandra Cornevaux .... press attache
Thomas Foncelle .... lead render wrangler
Aurore Jactat .... legal advisor
Virginie Le Pionnier .... script supervisor
Sylvain Pioutaz .... digital video operator
Alexandra Schamis .... press attache
Romain Tuilier .... assistant to director
 
Thanks
Ridley Scott .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
France:U (with warning) | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:11
Company:
Arte France more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: 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. more
Movie Connections:
Features Laveuses (1897) more
Soundtrack:
Sure Thing more

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31 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
Excessively good!, 19 November 2007
8/10
Author: mjsinclair from Switzerland

This is a satirical black comedy about the hedonistic excesses of the prima donnas of the advertising world. Octave (Jean Dujardin) is the king of this world, feted and pampered, idolised by his entourage, showered with drugs, women and money, his life is one long over indulgent party, punctuated by the occasional brush with reality.

He comes down to earth with a bump when his girlfriend announces that she is pregnant, but unable to deal with the consequences of this real life problem, he takes flight into even more excessively decadent diversions. More parties, more drugs, more indolence. However his body inevitably calls "time out" from this constant abuse, and when he is hospitalised with an overdose, he begins to take stock of his life.

The film is full to bursting, overflowing with creative ideas. The imaginative, highly original and sometimes shocking imagery is rivetingly good. There are psychedelic graphics, animations, dreamlike fantasies, and collages of advertising slogans and magazine clippings all used to great effect.

Billed as a comedy, there is little humour, and what there is is very dark indeed. Whilst this film excels in raw creativity and inventiveness, it lacks a story. This probably explains why there are two endings, neither of which, in my opinion, works adequately. But it doesn't really matter, as there is so much on offer visually, that I was completely transfixed.

The name of the yoghurt manufacturer "Madone" is coincidentally similar to another well-known yoghurt "Danone" but also reads in English "Mad One". A tongue in cheek parody of the absurdities of the modern world of advertising which regrettably rings true on many fronts.

A clever, thoroughly modern film, which even a grumpy old man like me could enjoy!

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