Agathe Cléry (2008)

Agathe Cléry is a hard working and modern marketing manager from a cosmetics company, specialized in clear skin. Her colleagues find her snob, strict, and they know she's a racist. One day ... See full summary »

Director:

Étienne Chatiliez

Writers:

Étienne Chatiliez, Laurent Chouchan,

Stars:

Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Valérie Lemercier	...	Agathe Cléry
Anthony Kavanagh	...	Quentin Lambert
Dominique Lavanant	...	Mimie Cléry
Isabelle Nanty	...	Joëlle
Jacques Boudet	...	Roland Cléry
Artus de Penguern	...	Hervé
Jean Rochefort	...	Louis Guinard - le PDG
Valentine Varela	...	Valérie
Nadège Beausson-Diagne	...	Nathalie
Bernard Alane	...	Philippe Guinard
François Duval	...	Loïc Guinard
Élise Otzenberger	...	Lucie
Claire Pataut	...	Alice
Virginie Racosta	...	Delphine (as Virginie Raccosta)
Andy Cocq	...	Cédric

Storyline

Agathe Cléry is a hard working and modern marketing manager from a cosmetics company, specialized in clear skin. Her colleagues find her snob, strict, and they know she's a racist. One day though, Agathe is diagnosed to suffer from Addison syndrome, which alters and darkens your skin color. One morning, she wakes up as black as the ones she intensively hated.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Official Sites:

Pathé Distribution [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 December 2008 (France)

Filming Locations:

Gare du Nord, Paris 10, Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

€21,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Produire à Paris, TF1 Films Production, Téléma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

French visa # 115232.

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Soundtracks

"Musique des Publicités Jean Mineur"
Composed by René Cloërec

User Reviews

My Coloring Book

If, during a game of Trivial Pursuit, you're asked to name a Broadway Musical in which one of the characters, a racist, turns black overnight, the chances are you'll answer Finian's Rainbow, the hit show of 1947, so, yes, it HAS been done before but NOT with Valerie Lemercier who is a Great actress, a Great writer and a Great director. This time around she is called upon only to act and she acts up a storm as the prejudiced career woman just getting to the top of her profession when, inexplicably, she grows bronzer and bronzer, gets fired and can only find a job in an outfit that hires primarily Black help. The twist is not long in coming when she falls heavily for a genuine Black colleague before just as inexplicably reverting to her own skin tone. Those are the bare bones but the flesh that Lemercier grafts onto them have to be seen to be believed. Outstanding.