Fatal (2010)

Director:

Michaël Youn

Writers:

Michaël Youn (scenario), Dominique Gauriaud (scenario),

Stars:

Michaël Youn, Stéphane Rousseau, Isabelle Funaro

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michaël Youn	...	Robert Lafondue, alias Fatal Bazooka
Stéphane Rousseau	...	Chris Prolls
Isabelle Funaro	...	Athena Novotel
Vincent Desagnat	...	Pedro Summer
Fabrice Eboué	...	Bruce Keita
Armelle	...	Heidi
Jérôme Le Banner	...	Hervé Willard
Ary Abittan	...	David Fontana
Yin-Tung Chu	...	Kim
Reem Kherici	...	Malaisia
Jean Benguigui	...	Tony Tarba
Catherine Allégret	...	Milka
Bianca Gervais	...	Eva Gine
Hakim Ghorab	...	Damon
Nathaniël Siri	...	Gaspard

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

16 June 2010 (France)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Légende Productions, Makayel, Studio 37

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In his early days video clip, Fatal Bazooka (Michaël Youn) is disguised as MC Hammer.

User Reviews

Better than you might think

This is actually a very entertaining and, if certainly not intellectual, then nevertheless still thought-provoking movie.

It is the story of a young man from the picturesque Haute Savoie region of southern France who passes himself off as a ghetto rocker/rapper, and builds a huge career as a flashy rapper. It's all fake, though, and that's what this movie is about: the superficiality of manufactured successes in modern pop music.

At one point, when Fatal's real story is exposed, there is a moment of truth telling: Fatal and his rival express their real feelings to their public. This could easily have become a made-for-TV mess at this point. But it doesn't, because it realizes that audiences don't really want sincerity, they just want the latest manufactured hype.

Not a great movie, certainly, but a very entertaining one with some intelligent ideas well worked out. An American version of this could be very entertaining as well, but I find it hard to believe an American producer would allow it to be this cynical about the nature of modern music audiences.