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9-Month Stretch

Original title: 9 mois ferme
  • 20132013
  • 1h 22m
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6.4/10
5.1K
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Albert Dupontel and Sandrine Kiberlain in 9-Month Stretch (2013)
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Ariane Felder, a judge of strict morals discovers she's pregnant by Bob Nolan, a criminal wanted for murder.Ariane Felder, a judge of strict morals discovers she's pregnant by Bob Nolan, a criminal wanted for murder.Ariane Felder, a judge of strict morals discovers she's pregnant by Bob Nolan, a criminal wanted for murder.
IMDb RATING
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5.1K
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    • Albert Dupontel
  • Writers
    • Héctor Cabello Reyes(collaboration)
    • Olivier Demangel(collaboration)
    • Albert Dupontel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Nicolas Marié
    • Albert Dupontel
  • Writers
    • Héctor Cabello Reyes(collaboration)
    • Olivier Demangel(collaboration)
    • Albert Dupontel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Nicolas Marié
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    • 7User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Albert Dupontel
    Albert Dupontel
    • Bob Nolan
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Ariane Felder
    Nicolas Marié
    Nicolas Marié
    • Maître Trolos
    Philippe Uchan
    Philippe Uchan
    • De Bernard
    Philippe Duquesne
    Philippe Duquesne
    • Dr. Toulate
    Bouli Lanners
    Bouli Lanners
    • Policier vidéosurveillance
    Christian Hecq
    Christian Hecq
    • Lieutenant Edouard
    • (as Christian Hecq de la Comédie Française)
    Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
    Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
    • M. De Lime
    Michel Fau
    Michel Fau
    • Le gynécologue
    Laure Calamy
    Laure Calamy
    • Daisy, la collègue
    Yolande Moreau
    Yolande Moreau
    • La mère de Bob
    Michèle Bernard-Requin
    • La Présidente du tribunal
    Alex Fondja
    • Prévenu lavabo
    John Arnold
    • Avocat lavabo
    Babetida Sadjo
    Babetida Sadjo
    • Victime lavabo
    Raphaël Mathon
    • Avocat victime lavabo
    Pierre Benezit
    • Avocat Beymet
    • (as Pierre Bénézit)
    Tranquillo Cimenti
    • M. Beymet
      • Albert Dupontel
    • Writers
      • Héctor Cabello Reyes(collaboration)
      • Olivier Demangel(collaboration)
      • Albert Dupontel(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
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      In the scene where the main male character Bob Nolan escapes from prison, two other prisoners briefly appear. One of them is in fact the Argentinian director Gaspar Noé.

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    6/10
    Madcap black comedy by cinema bad boy Dupontel storms box-office
    Zany, black comedy, 9 Mois Ferme, is on track to becoming one of 2013′s surprise top earning films in France. It was written, directed and stars French cinema bad boy Albert Dupontel and has attracted over 1,500,000 cinema-goers so far with no signs of running out of steam.

    The film is the simple story of 40-year-old, unmarried, high-powered judge Ariane Felder (Sandrine Kiberlaine) who lets her hair down at the firm's New Year's eve party only to discover six months later that she is pregnant. Not only is she unable to remember what happened on the evening in question, she has no idea who is the father of the child. Worse is to come when a DNA test reveals he is Bob Nolan (Albert Dupontel), an ex-con who was recently arrested on a grisly murder charge and goes by the name of the 'eye gobbler'.

    From this unlikely scenario, Dupontel has crafted a hugely enjoyable, high-energy comedy held together by his chemistry with Kiberlaine and a storyline which is both outrageously funny and surprisingly touching. In press interviews, Dupontel has said he originally wanted to make the film in English with Emma Thompson in the lead role. Fortunately for Kiberlaine that project never saw the light of day.

    She shows a deft comic touch as Felder, a lonely career-woman who spends most of her life in a tiny office dealing with a list of heinous crimes. She has reached the pinnacle of her career by remaining coolly detached from her clients and is horrified to discover the pregnancy which presents a serious obstacle to her dreams of becoming an high court judge. On the other side of the fence sits Bob Nolan, who was abandoned by his mother and shuttled from one reform school to another before inevitably ending up in prison. These two well-honed tales of the perils of modern living have been ingeniously cross-fertilised by Dupontel. who demonstrates that, despite the vast intellectual and cultural gulf that separates the two characters, they essentially suffer from the same sense of isolation and loneliness.

    While Kiberlaine is the Ice Queen who gradually melts, Dupontel alternates between the "Honey, I'm home" madness of Jack Nicholson in The Shining and a childlike vulnerability which is oddly engaging

    This is humour at its darkest. – there are amputated limbs, a lunatic forensic scientist and one character is regularly clobbered with heavy objects. Alongside a winning cast of supporting actors, Oscar winner Jean Dujardin turns up in a hilarious cameo as a TV translator for the deaf with his own individual style of sign language. Ex-Monty Python Terry Gilliam also makes a short appearance as a Hannibal Lecter-like serial killer in a spoof TV report. It's been a disappointing year for French comedies but it looks like Dupontel's madcap film has pulled off an eleventh hour unexpected rescue mission.
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    • Nov 19, 2013

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      • October 16, 2013 (France)
      • France
      • French
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      • Palais de Justice, Paris 1, Paris, France
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      • ADCB Films
      • Wild Bunch
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
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