Microbe & Gasoline (2015)

Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.

Director:

Michel Gondry

Writer:

Michel Gondry

Stars:

Ange Dargent, Théophile Baquet, Diane Besnier

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ange Dargent	...	Daniel
Théophile Baquet	...	Théo (as Theophile Baquet)
Diane Besnier	...	Laura
Audrey Tautou	...	Marie-Thérèse
Vincent Lamoureux	...	Steve
Agathe Peigney	...	Agathe
Douglas Brosset	...	Oscar
Charles Raymond	...	Kevin
Ferdinand Roux-Balme	...	Simon
Marc Delarue	...	Romain
Ely Penh	...	Le chef de bande
Laurent Poitrenaux	...	Le dentiste
Jana Bittnerová	...	Madame Leloir (as Jana Bittnerova)
Zimsky	...	Monsieur Leloir
Fabio Zenoni	...	Christian

Storyline

Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to thomas muller | reference to zlatan ibrahimovic | character names as title | nicknames as title | three word title | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sex-related material involving young teens

Did You Know?

Trivia

Theo urges Daniel to enter a drawing contest for kids though he's overage, since he looks much younger with his "gueule d'ange d'argent" ("silver angel face"). Daniel is performed by young actor Ange Dargent so the joke about his face is true on more than one level.

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Connections

Spoofs Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)

User Reviews

Smart kid film from Gondry.

In their original context new French movies seem to be better than the ones that show up in the Australian multiplexes. It will be interesting to see if this one, LOVE or LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT make it here.

M&G is an agreeable departure. The disaffected school boy chums build a car out of junk scrap metal and are disappointed that they can't register it but they still hit the road, disguising it as a timber shack - great moment of the vehicle we thought was a write-off rolling to the rescue in a cloud of smoke.

The switch to a serious ending helps the piece stay in the memory.

Audrey Tatou has a minor part to further disorient the viewers.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France

Language:

French Japanese

Release Date:

8 July 2015 (France)

Also Known As:

Microbe & Gasoline

Filming Locations:

Versailles, Yvelines, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,882, 3 July 2016

Gross USA:

$63,802

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$303,787

Company Credits

Production Co:

Partizan, StudioCanal, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1