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La première étoile

  • 20092009
  • 1h 30m
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La première étoile (2009)
Comedy
Jean-Gabriel, married and father of three, lives odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he quickly promises the whole family to take them on a sk... Read allJean-Gabriel, married and father of three, lives odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he quickly promises the whole family to take them on a ski vacation.Jean-Gabriel, married and father of three, lives odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he quickly promises the whole family to take them on a ski vacation.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
920
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    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste
    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste(scenario)
    • Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Firmine Richard
    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste
    • Anne Consigny
    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste
    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste(scenario)
    • Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Firmine Richard
    • Lucien Jean-Baptiste
    • Anne Consigny
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    • 2User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Firmine Richard
    Firmine Richard
    • Bonne Maman
    Lucien Jean-Baptiste
    • Jean-Gabriel
    Anne Consigny
    Anne Consigny
    • Suzy
    Jimmy Woha Woha
    • Yann
    • (as Jimmy Woha-Woha)
    Ludovic François
    • Ludovic
    Loreyna Colombo
    • Manon
    Bernadette Lafont
    Bernadette Lafont
    • Madame Morgeot
    Michel Jonasz
    • Monsieur Morgeot
    Gilles Benizio
    • Le technicien tire-fesses…
    Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
    Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
    • Juliette
    Jacques Frantz
    Jacques Frantz
    • René
    Edouard Montoute
    Edouard Montoute
    • Jojo
    Cyril Couton
    • Manager supermarché
    Marie Parouty
    • Amie Suzy
    Yannig Samot
    • Joueur PMU Créteil
    • (as Yanig Samot)
    Monique Mauclair
    • Madame Marie
    Clémence Lassalas
    • Sophie
    Baldo Gueye
    • Luc
      • Lucien Jean-Baptiste
      • Lucien Jean-Baptiste(scenario)
      • Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Marie Mergey.
    • Connections
      Followed by La deuxième étoile (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      La Montagne
      Music by Jean Ferrat

      Lyrics by Jean Ferrat

      Performed by Jean Ferrat

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    Black on white
    People with minds full of received ideas have often limited ideas. "Black people can't ski" "skiing,it's the white's business" Writer/actor /director Lucien Jean -Baptiste based his movie on it: Winter sports are almost unthinkable for an unemployed black lazy dreamer and his family;cut to the quick,the father takes up the challenge :he will go out of his way to take his family to a ski resort.

    On the minus side: it's full of clichés ,too much -racists-are-everywhere style (check the scene in the café ),and the last third of the movie succumbs to the usual vices :finer feelings,bland love affair with a bourgeois girl from the posh districts,return of the mother ,and "La Première Etoile" ("the first star" is a ski level ).

    On the plus side: Bernadette Lafont is sensational as the chalet landlady ,in a part close to that she plays in "Paulette".She first appears as a tight-fisted racist shrew when she "welcomes" her guests :"We were not told you were (she's about to say "black") .....five""those people are not like us " .And ,little by little ,she becomes friends with the grandma (Firmine Richard has plenty of go).Madame Mergeot is not really good at geography ,but she discovers these people who" are not like her " ,and ,abetted by her kind-hearted husband (played by pop singer Michel Jonasz),she makes a deal with grandma ...Like Paulette in the aforementioned movie,gone is her racism ,gone are her generally accepted ideas.This subplot is close to what Jean-Baptiste aimed for .
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      • March 25, 2009 (France)
      • France
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      • Mars Films (France)
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      • Vendredi Film
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
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