
Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998)
Jeanne et le garçon formidable (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 1h 38min
- Drama, Musical
- 16 Apr 1999 (USA)
- Movie
- 3 wins & 4 nominations.
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Cast
Virginie Ledoyen | ... |
Jeanne
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Mathieu Demy | ... |
Olivier
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Jacques Bonnaffé | ... |
François
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Valérie Bonneton | ... |
Sophie
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Frédéric Gorny | ... |
Jean-Baptiste
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Laurent Arcaro | ... |
Le coursier
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Michel Raskine | ... |
Le plombier
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Fabrice Ramalingon | ... |
L'homme à la cireuse
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Amy Bamba | ... |
Employé de nettoyage
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Mohamed Damraoui | ... |
Employé de nettoyage
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Jean-François Deleray | ... |
Employé de nettoyage
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Gino Sitson | ... |
Employé de nettoyage
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Olivier Bony | ... |
Le percussioniste
(as Olivier Bonny)
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Juliette Chanaud | ... |
Le caissère du cinéma
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Nelly Borgeaud | ... |
La mère de Jeanne
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René Morard | ... |
Le père de Jeanne
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Axelle Laffont | ... |
Hélène
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Grégory Sauvion | ... |
Richard
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Johanna Menuteau | ... |
Nathalie
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Nicolas Seguy | ... |
Edouard
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Paul Nguyen | ... |
Le cuisinier du self
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Linh Bui My | ... |
La serveuse du self
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Damien Dodane | ... |
Jacques
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Philippe Suner | ... |
Le photographe
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David Saracino | ... |
Rémi
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Denis Podalydès | ... |
Julien
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Emmanuelle Goizé | ... |
La libraire
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Marief Guittier | ... |
L'infirmière
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Judith Guittier | ... |
La dame du bureau des entrées
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Cédric Brenner | ... |
L'homme au bouquet de fleurs
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Christiane Millet | ... |
L'infirmière de nuit
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Brigitte Tijou | ... |
La militante d'Act Up
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Jérôme Tardieu | ... |
Le serveur du café
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Sylvain Prunenec | ... |
Jérôme
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Victoire Patouillard |
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Philippe Mangeot | ... |
Act Up Militant
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Jacques Fraenkel |
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Élise Caron | ... |
Jeanne (singingVoice)
(as Elise Caron)
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Olivier Nicklaus | ... |
Militant
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Jean-Marc Roulot | ... |
L'ami d'Olivier (uncredited)
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Directed by
Olivier Ducastel | ... | (co-director) |
Jacques Martineau | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
Olivier Ducastel | ... | (writer) |
Jacques Martineau | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Cyriac Auriol | ... | producer |
Pauline Duhault | ... | producer |
Lila Graffin | ... | assistant producer |
Eric Zaouali | ... | line producer |
Music by
Philippe Miller |
Cinematography by
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech |
Editing by
Sabine Mamou |
Editorial Department
Olivier Fontenay | ... | color timer |
Annick Raoul | ... | assistant editor |
Michael Rosenfeld | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Antoinette Boulat |
Production Design by
Louis Soubrier |
Costume Design by
Juliette Chanaud |
Makeup Department
Laurent Blanchard | ... | key hair stylist |
Laurent Blanchart | ... | key hair stylist |
Joël Lavau | ... | makeup designer |
Production Management
Nicolas Conti | ... | unit production manager |
Jean des Forêts | ... | assistant unit manager |
Hervé Lavayssière | ... | production manager |
François Pascaud | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicolas Cambois | ... | first assistant director |
Carine Tardieu | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Laurent Baude | ... | assistant art director |
Nicolas Chik | ... | property master (as Nicolas Chick) |
Sandrine Jarron | ... | art department |
Sound Department
André Cappello | ... | foley recordist |
Jean-Jacques Ferran | ... | sound |
Jean-Pierre Laforce | ... | sound mixer |
Régis Muller | ... | assistant sound editor / boom operator |
Waldir Xavier | ... | sound editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Claire Caroff | ... | focus puller |
Cyril Lebre | ... | grip |
Gilles Minvielle | ... | key grip |
Nicolas Pernot | ... | assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christel Birot | ... | set costumer |
Tiphaine Combelles | ... | set costumer |
Script and Continuity Department
Isabelle Le Grix | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Sandrine Brauer | ... | production assistant |
Sylvie Giron | ... | choreographer |
Thanks
Agnès Varda | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Canal+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Les Films du Requin
- M6 Films
- Oraune
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
Distributors
- Alcine Terran (Japan) (theatrical)
- Pyramide Distribution (1998) (France) (theatrical)
- Orsans
- Strand Releasing (1999) (United States) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Jeanne has an appetite for love that can never be satisfied. Lovers at every corner of her life she is still in search of that "one". When a impromptu tryst on the subway with Olivier gives her butterflies like never before she finally finds herself in love, truly in love. Yet she continues her affairs but now with a realization that they are not what she wants, she wants Olivier. Olivier reluctant to continue the romance with Jeanne for fear of hurting her or worse yet her seeing him at his worse. Olivier reveals to Jeanne he has AIDS from a bad needle during his heroine use. This however does not scare Jeanne off and her love for him turns her into a new person who wants to care for him, but that is not what he wants. The two share a common friend that is an AIDS Activist but they don't know it. Then Olivier because severely ill and Jeanne professes her love and her infidelity. That is the last she ever sees of Olivier. She returns to the hospital to find he has left with his parents, and left no forwarding address. Much time passes, and still the pain of her lost love resides. She knows of nothing of his whereabouts and no way to find him, until she bumps in to a friend that accompanied Olivier on the subway when she met him. Then she finally learns her love has passed on. A musical about the french governments lack of concern and role in the dire conditions of their citizens and about the different classes in society from the immigrant workers, soldiers, upper class and economic dependency on credit cards. A story that covers all walks of life and the pains of love. Written by Leslie Erentreich, Woodland Hills, CA USA |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Only Virginie Ledoyen is dubbed, with great fidelity, by Élise Caron. All the other members of the cast sing their own role, including Mathieu Demy. See more » |
Movie Connections | References A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). See more » |
Soundtracks | Générique début See more » |