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Crustacés & coquillages

  • 2005
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.1K
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Crustacés & coquillages (2005)
ComedyMusicalRomance

For summer vacation, Marc (Melki) and Béatrix (Tedeschi) take their two kids to the seaside house of Marc's youth, where their daughter takes up with a biker and their sons roams the beach w... Read allFor summer vacation, Marc (Melki) and Béatrix (Tedeschi) take their two kids to the seaside house of Marc's youth, where their daughter takes up with a biker and their sons roams the beach with his best friend, who is in love with him. Things get steamier when Béatrix's lover Mat... Read allFor summer vacation, Marc (Melki) and Béatrix (Tedeschi) take their two kids to the seaside house of Marc's youth, where their daughter takes up with a biker and their sons roams the beach with his best friend, who is in love with him. Things get steamier when Béatrix's lover Mathieu shows up, and Marc's old flame appears.

  • Directors
    • Olivier Ducastel
    • Jacques Martineau
  • Writers
    • Olivier Ducastel
    • Jacques Martineau
  • Stars
    • Gilbert Melki
    • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
    • Sabrina Seyvecou
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Olivier Ducastel
      • Jacques Martineau
    • Writers
      • Olivier Ducastel
      • Jacques Martineau
    • Stars
      • Gilbert Melki
      • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
      • Sabrina Seyvecou
    • 17User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Gilbert Melki
    Gilbert Melki
    • Marc
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
    • Béatrix
    • (as Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
    Sabrina Seyvecou
    Sabrina Seyvecou
    • Laura
    Romain Torres
    • Charly
    Jean-Marc Barr
    Jean-Marc Barr
    • Didier
    Jacques Bonnaffé
    Jacques Bonnaffé
    • Mathieu
    Edouard Collin
    • Martin
    Yannick Baudin
    • Michaël
    Julien Weber
    • Sylvain
    Sébastien Cormier
    • Laura's New Friend
    Marion Roux
    • Billiard Player
    • Directors
      • Olivier Ducastel
      • Jacques Martineau
    • Writers
      • Olivier Ducastel
      • Jacques Martineau
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    • Crazy credits
      The second part of Stéphanie Lelong and Olivier Marquezy's opening title sequence features impressions of the titular aquatic creatures animated in actions related to either the credit they appear alongside or the film's theme of love and affection.
    • Connections
      Featured in T'as de beaux yeux, chéri (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Les fruits de mer
      Written by Jacques Martineau and Philippe Miller

      Performed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

    User reviews17

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    8/10
    Sexuality Lite
    Just plain fun. This French semi-farce lends a fresh Mediterranean breeze to the gay film genre. Sexuality issues are discussed with tongue-in-cheek simplicity. Tolerance vs. intolerance. Yet the complexity of human sexual desires is well illustrated in colorful situations and funny plot twists. I believe the French can do a movie like this one well, while Americans would simply fall into a deep trench of camp. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, who plays the mother of the central family, plays a real character with depth and range of feeling, despite her periodic flights into goofy simplicity. Gilbert Melki, who plays the father, handles his layered character well, with minor camp slippage along the way. American audiences might have some discomfort with age issues in the film, but that has more to do with American ageism and Puritanism than any flaw in this film. Jean-Marc Barr puts in a good performance as the ultimate dream butch daddy, French style. Fun, lite and yet worthwhile. Old Europe still has much to teach Americans about making movies.
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    • Jan 29, 2007

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    • Release date
      • March 30, 2005 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (France)
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Crustacés et coquillages
    • Filming locations
      • La gare de La Redonne-Ensuès, Ensuès-la-Redonne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Agat Films & Cie
      • Bac Films
      • Cofimage 16
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $141,039
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $33,521
      • Sep 11, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,447,211
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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