An obese Police Inspector traumatized by a childhood incident falls in love with a murder suspect.
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Title: The Over-Eater (2003)
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Cast
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| Eric Cantona | ... | Le commissaire Séléna | |
| Rachida Brakni | ... | Elsa | |
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Caroline Silhol | ... | Anne Lachaume |
| Richard Bohringer | ... | Émile Lachaume | |
| Jocelyn Quivrin | ... | Marc Brisset | |
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Jean-Michel Noirey | ... | Benoît Collet |
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Hubert Saint-Macary | ... | Le juge Salabert |
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Valérie Messas | ... | Clara Gauthier |
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Lucien Jean-Baptiste | ... | Le légiste |
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Richard Guedj | ... | Le médecin de l'hôpital |
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Eric Averlant | ... | L'homme obèse |
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Emmanuel Barilley | ... | Richard Séléns |
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Armand Binisti | ||
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Jean-Luc Bosso | ||
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Mikaël Chiche | ... | Policier du prétoire |
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An obese Police Inspector traumatized by a childhood incident falls in love with a murder suspect.
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
16 July 2003 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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I came to watch this only because it was on TV while I was sick and had absolutely nothing else to do. I did not know in advance that Eric Cantona (former soccer star of Manchester United and French national team fame) was in this. I had heard that he's making art films or somesuch nowadays, but thought his acting career couldn't consist of much more than cameos to attract attention.
This prejudice turned out to be ill-advised; Cantona is actually quite solid in this film playing an obsessively eating cop. Rachida Brakni is also a nice choice for Elsa, she's refreshingly different femme fatale. The rest of the cast is nothing special, but they suffice. Sadly the story is a bit too insipid and the characters too far stretched to really be emotionally effective.
I especially enjoyed the score of this movie -- the refined and beautiful music really elevates the film. Also the settings and cinematography are professional work. An ambitious movie, which falls a bit short but has enough artistic quality to be enjoyable.