A film critic gets dumped and moves in with an actor—karma's a screenplay.
With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds refuge with Alex, a young actor. He is soon joined by Eduardo, an Italian producer, dumped like him by his wife. While Désiré tries to rebuild himself, the three men decide to write a film script that will be the basis of a vehicle for Alex.
Acting
Bruno Solo's perfectly pathetic critic you can't help but pity.
Writing
Meta script-within-script layers that wink at film industry absurdity.
Director
Denis Parent
Bruno Solo
Désiré Loncle
Alexandra Lamy
Manuela, aka Manu
Michel Scotto di Carlo
Eduardo Scapelli
Barbara Schulz
Sandra
Olivier Saladin
Jean-Marc, editor-in-chief
Smaïn
Self
Kad Merad
Pierre 2
Jackie Berroyer
Pierre 1
Christian Vadim
José
Jacques Dacqmine
Jean-Marie Bugues
Aïssa Maïga
Anna
Alice Taglioni
Cerise Bugues
Elise Larnicol
Françoise - la secrétaire
Elodie Frenck
Mélanie - la groupie de Désiré
Geneviève Page
Martha Loncle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Denis Parent never made another feature after this, making this his sole cinematic statement on creative failure.
The film's obscurity (2 TMDB votes!) mirrors its subject: a meditation on artistic irrelevance that became, well, irrelevant.
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