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Fred

  • 1997
  • 1h 24m
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6.2/10
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Fred (1997)
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This is the story of a qualified but unemployed crane operator called Fred. Everything seems to be going fine with him until the day he gets caught into a sordid story.This is the story of a qualified but unemployed crane operator called Fred. Everything seems to be going fine with him until the day he gets caught into a sordid story.This is the story of a qualified but unemployed crane operator called Fred. Everything seems to be going fine with him until the day he gets caught into a sordid story.

  • Director
    • Pierre Jolivet
  • Writers
    • Pierre Jolivet
    • Simon Michaël
  • Stars
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Clotilde Courau
    • François Berléand
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
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    • Director
      • Pierre Jolivet
    • Writers
      • Pierre Jolivet
      • Simon Michaël
    • Stars
      • Vincent Lindon
      • Clotilde Courau
      • François Berléand
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Fred
    Clotilde Courau
    Clotilde Courau
    • Lisa
    François Berléand
    François Berléand
    • Barrère
    Stéphane Jobert
    • Michel
    Albert Dray
    Albert Dray
    • Yvan
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    Roschdy Zem
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    Catherine Hiegel
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    Laura Favali
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    Francis Frappat
    • Jacquard
    Carine Lemaire
    • Corinne
    Kevin Morice
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      • Pierre Jolivet
      • Simon Michaël
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    4/10
    Crime in the proletarian suburbs
    Fred is an unemployed blue collar worker who gets involved in dirty deeds by his friend and neighbour Michel. The story is narrated in a rather confusing way and without any style or sophistication, as a sort of "realistic" and vaguely sordid documentary.

    Fred and his companion Lisa, a separated mother of one, live in an anonymous suburb, the stress being on anonymous. Lisa works as a receptionist in an medical analysis lab and she has a very lusty relationship with Fred. The two are shown several times engaged in sex but never in any meaningful conversation or anything that suggests their relations is more than skin deep passion.

    Fred is played by Lindon who has a knack for this type of brutish, ordinary, poorly educated character while Lisa is Courau, a second rate Binoche wannabe. Her Lisa wears no make up and no underwear, and is just a very ordinary woman destined to fall for someone like Fred.

    The criminal angle is played very low key, with a couple of believable thugs, just sinister enough to be scary. The police inspector in charge of Fred case is an alcoholic guy who looks like a bum and overestimates wildly his professional skills. There are very few thrills as the plot proceeds mostly following Fred trying to make sense of what is going on and being not too smart. Picks up towards the end, but the end itself is abysmally abrupt.
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1997 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Фред
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Alain Sarde
      • Little Bear
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      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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