Switch (I) (2011)

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is summoned by Claire Maras to show her work to her boss. When Sophie arrives in the company, Clare apologizes and tells that ... See full summary »

Director:

Frédéric Schoendoerffer

Writers:

Jean-Christophe Grangé (scenario), Jean-Christophe Grangé (adaptation),

Stars:

Karine Vanasse, Eric Cantona, Mehdi Nebbou

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karine Vanasse	...	Sophie Malaterre
Eric Cantona	...	Damien Forgeat
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Stéphane Defer
Aurélien Recoing	...	Delors (as Aurélien Recoing de la Comédie Française)
Karina Testa	...	Bénédicte Serteaux
Bruno Todeschini	...	Verdier
Maxim Roy	...	Claire Maras
Niseema Theillaud	...	Alice Serteaux (as Niseema)
Sophie Faucher	...	Marianne Malaterre
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	3ème de groupe
Sarah Pebereau	...	4ème de groupe
Karim Saleh	...	Kourosh
Cyril Lecomte	...	Koskas
Ludovic Schoendoerffer	...	Le légiste
Maurice Bitsch	...	Le dentiste

Storyline

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is summoned by Claire Maras to show her work to her boss. When Sophie arrives in the company, Clare apologizes and tells that her boss is on vacation and will return only two months later. Clare invites Sophie to have lunch with her and tells Sophie about the website switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning and has a dream day riding a bicycle through the touristic area. However, on the next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room. Further, all the evidences of her life has been deleted and she can not prove that she is Sophie.

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Plot Keywords:

housewife | sister | sister sister relationship | one word title | body swap

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [jp]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

6 July 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Csere.com

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carcharodon, L&G, Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Frédéric Schoendoerffer and author Jean-Christophe Grangé had been wanting to work together for ten years and were just about to shoot an adaptation of Grangé's sixth novel, "Le Serment des Limbes", when they decided to pen an original story instead.

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Goofs

The camera is not turned on when Sophie takes pictures of the house; a close-up shows the camera lens fully closed.

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Connections

References Iron Man 2 (2010)

User Reviews

Awful screen play??? What?

I don't understand what the first reviewer was talking about, this is a killer thriller that moves like lightning, once you get past the (very good) setup.

Is there a deep mystery to be resolved that's real interesting? Not particularly, but I believe Hitchcock had a term for that, the "mcguffin", the thing the crooks want but the audience doesn't care. This movie is about nonstop action, and it's very well done, one of the best foot chases I've ever seen, with amazing camera work. For them to have accomplished that in 35 days with two cameramen, it's just . . . astounding. By all means check it out.