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Agathe Cléry

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
835
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Agathe Cléry (2008)
ComedyMusical

The ultimate nightmare for a racist? Becoming as black as the people she abhors. This is exactly what happens to Agathe Cléry: she's struck down with a rare disorder of the adrenal cortex gl... Read allThe ultimate nightmare for a racist? Becoming as black as the people she abhors. This is exactly what happens to Agathe Cléry: she's struck down with a rare disorder of the adrenal cortex glands that causes the skin to darken inexorably...The ultimate nightmare for a racist? Becoming as black as the people she abhors. This is exactly what happens to Agathe Cléry: she's struck down with a rare disorder of the adrenal cortex glands that causes the skin to darken inexorably...

  • Director
    • Étienne Chatiliez
  • Writers
    • Étienne Chatiliez
    • Laurent Chouchan
    • Yolande Zauberman
  • Stars
    • Valérie Lemercier
    • Anthony Kavanagh
    • Dominique Lavanant
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    835
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Étienne Chatiliez
    • Writers
      • Étienne Chatiliez
      • Laurent Chouchan
      • Yolande Zauberman
    • Stars
      • Valérie Lemercier
      • Anthony Kavanagh
      • Dominique Lavanant
    • 3User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Valérie Lemercier
    Valérie Lemercier
    • Agathe Cléry
    Anthony Kavanagh
    Anthony Kavanagh
    • Quentin Lambert
    Dominique Lavanant
    Dominique Lavanant
    • Mimie Cléry
    Isabelle Nanty
    Isabelle Nanty
    • Joëlle
    Jacques Boudet
    Jacques Boudet
    • Roland Cléry
    Artus de Penguern
    • Hervé
    Jean Rochefort
    Jean Rochefort
    • Louis Guinard - le PDG
    Valentine Varela
    • Valérie
    Nadège Beausson-Diagne
    • Nathalie
    Bernard Alane
    Bernard Alane
    • Philippe Guinard
    François Duval
    • Loïc Guinard
    Élise Otzenberger
    • Lucie
    Claire Pataut
    • Alice
    Virginie Racosta
    • Delphine
    • (as Virginie Raccosta)
    Andy Cocq
    • Cédric
    Djamel Bensalah
    • Kader
    André Penvern
    • L'endocrinologue
    Julie Ferrier
    Julie Ferrier
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    • Director
      • Étienne Chatiliez
    • Writers
      • Étienne Chatiliez
      • Laurent Chouchan
      • Yolande Zauberman(idea)
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    • Trivia
      Inspired by a true story which happened in South Africa during the Apartheid. A white woman, suffering from Addison's Disease, had seen her skin become darker and darker. The anecdote was suggested to Chatiliez by Yolande Zauberman
    • Connections
      Referenced in Parole de cinéaste: Étienne Chatiliez (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      L'Internationale
      Music by Pierre Degeyter

    User reviews3

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    10/10
    Makes you think, laugh and cry!
    This is one of those French films (and there are many of them!) that had me sitting there with a smile on my face throughout! The topic is certainly not an easy one: A racist white woman whose skin starts turning darker and darker, in the process having to adapt her views - radically.

    So to turn this storyline into a movie that is so funny and entertaining (some great musical numbers!), yet at the same time thought-provoking and heart-warming, that is quite a feat. And the director did a marvellous job at bringing that all together and showing us a part of French society that I don't find thematized in many films, or certainly not in such an entertaining manner.

    Absolutely loved it from beginning to end. The only thing I don't understand is why the IMDb rating is only a very low 4.7. I believe this movie deserves a lot better.
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    • rowiko
    • Feb 1, 2014

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    • Release date
      • December 3, 2008 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Pathé Distribution (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Агата Клери
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • Produire à Paris
      • TF1 Films Production
      • Téléma
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    • Budget
      • €21,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,025,910
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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