The author Michel Houellebecq is abducted by three amateur kidnappers.
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| Michel Houellebecq | ... | Michel Houellebecq | |
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Mathieu Nicourt | ... | Mathieu |
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Maxime Lefrançois | ... | Max |
| Françoise Lebrun | ... | Françoise | |
| Luc Schwarz | ... | Luc | |
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Veran Mauberret | ||
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Ginette Suchotzky | ... | Ginette |
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André Suchotzky | ... | Dédé |
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Marie Bourjala | ... | Fatima |
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Karim Achoui | ... | L'avocat |
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François Samuelson | ... | François |
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Vincent Janerot | ||
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Béatrice Mendy | ||
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Marie Schwarz | ||
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Ian Turiak | ... | L'ouvrier polonais |
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The author Michel Houellebecq is abducted by three amateur kidnappers.
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While Max (Maxime Lefrançois) is lifting dumbbells waiting for the kidnapping, he is reciting to himself lines from the third act of Lorenzaccio, by Alfred De Musset. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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... you're getting a big surprise. No, seriously--I really don't know what to make of this. Cinema-verite? Fictionalized non-fiction? What the Hell is this supposed to be, anyhow? One thing it is not is interesting. It was waiting for me when I got home--I had pvr'd it--and I sat down to watch Houellebecq shamble and mumble his way through the non-story. He's missing most of his teeth, I guess, that's the only way I can account for his almost incomprehensible speech, and his performance will put you to sleep, guaranteed. His captors, if that's what they are, are no more interesting to watch.
The only saving grace in this mess is Francoise Lebrun, who had played Veronika in La maman et la putain some 40 years before. Her performance was astonishing in Eustache's film, and she manages to bring some class to this one.