Play-BackDirected by Gérard Krawczyk
Produced by Gaumont
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 50 min
French release : 27/08/1997
Production year : 1997
DirectorActorsSynopsisTwo friends, Jeanne and Johanna, are members of a rinky-dink orchestra, ''Les Sirènes'', playing the Decazeville region in everything from ballrooms to beauty pageants. While Jeanne is introverted and romantic, Johanna is outgoing and sensual. A talent competition in Toulouse catapults them to success thanks to a sound engineer's ruse: Johanna mimes on stage to a play-back of Jeanne's voice. The crowd go wild, a star is born. Johanna has it all: great presence, great voice. Gigs follow, and their ill-shared success proves devastating for our two heroines, who learn that in a society where appearances are all, there is one thing that cannot be bought: their friendship. About"This music is written and sung by Jeanne, the character I play, and not by me myself: Maïdi Roth, author, composer, and actress. The making of this album proved much more difficult than I'd imagined. To write "to order", based on a screenplay, avoiding all pleonasm between song lyrics and the plot of the film was already a new excercise for me. But to write and compose from the point of view of a character, to feel the words and the music as Jeanne would have, has more to do with schizophrenia than with style. I returned to the wellspring of teenage emotion for my inspiration." (Maïdi Roth) Production and distributionAssociate production company : Gaumont
Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Gaumont
French distribution : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (ex-Buena Vista International France)
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Alain Terzian
Adaptation/Dialogue Writer : Gérard Krawczyk
Screenwriters : Gérard Krawczyk, Alain Layrac
Director of Photography : Laurent Dailland
Sound Recordist : Pierre Excoffier
Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
Editor : Luc Barnier
Production Designer : Jean-Jacques Gernolle
Music Composer : Maïdi Roth
Costume Designer : Laurence Heller
Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1997
French release : 27/08/1997
Runtime : 1 h 50 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 86.744
Visa issue date : 01/08/1997
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
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