Mikael, Skip and P'tit Louis are planning a big job. In his car, Michael pulls out his hair by making P'tit Louis repeat the insults that he will have to utter to Perron's secretary. Perron (Miki Manojlovic) is the producer they have come to bully for ignoring their script seven times in a row. The three guys have a grudge against the entire film industry. What they are looking for is a minimum of interest in their plot, a deign to read their script. So they take the producer and his daughter hostage, then demand a TV crew to make their demands known.
Writing
Script-within-script structure blurs hostage and performance.
Acting
Delon's unhinged rehearsal of insults is cringe perfection.
Director
Jean-Michel Verner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Verner cast himself as Mikael and shot this in 12 days on a shoestring budget after his own rejected scripts piled up.
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović was already a Balkan cinema legend; his casting as the indifferent producer adds layers of real industry power dynamics.
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