Tourist Trap

Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Produced by Les Films Alain Sarde
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 41 min
French release : 02/09/1998
Production year : 1998

Director

Jean-Paul
Salomé

Actors

Emma
de Caunes

Samuel
Le Bihan

Judith
Henry

Hubert
Koundé

Estelle
Larrivaz

Bernard
Le Coq

Bruno
Lochet

Antoinette
Moya

Michel
Robin

Bruno
Solo

Claire
Nadeau

Synopsis

About

Prime material for a comedy of manners in the spirit of the times. Nearly thirty years ago, the Club Med was the ‘in’ place for vacations and inspired such movies as the ‘Les Bronzés’ series. In these times of recession, a whim of the stock market can turn a happy vacation in cowboy country into a mortifying traipse through hell. Jean-Paul Salomé (here making his second film after ‘Girls With Guns’) mines his material astutely, extracting not only laughter, emotion and anger but also a certain queasiness. ‘Tourist Trap’ is a real success, a film you have to see. The talent of the writing and dialogue is complemented to perfection by a lively cast of well-judged caricatures. The performances of Bernard Le Coq, Judith Henry, Emma de Caunes, Samuel Le Bihan, Claire Nadeau and Bruno Lochet are all collectors’ items and deserve a round of applause for the authenticity, tenderness, ruthlessness or emotion they impart. ‘Tourist Trap’ is a smart, hard-nosed, rib-tickling box of tricks that shuns clichés and slices through human weaknesses like butter. Don’t laugh: everything you will see could have happened to you. (Michel Pascal in “Le Point”, September 4th, 1998)

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Posters gallery (3)

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Production and distribution

Associate production company : Les Films Alain Sarde
Executive producer : Little Bear
Co-production : Little Bear, TF1 Films Production
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Bac Films Distribution

Full credits

Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
Line Producer : Frédéric Bourboulon
Screenwriters : Jean-Paul Salomé, Bruno Dega
Director of Photography : Jean-Claude Larrieu
Sound Recordist : Laurent Poirier
Press Attachés (film) : Dominique Segall, Astrid Gavard
Editor : Michèle Robert-Lauliac
Production Designer : James Fox
Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
Costume Designers : Charlotte David, Susan Bertram
French Distributor : Jean Labadie
Still Photographer : Jeanne Louise Bulliard

Technical details

Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Comedy
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1998
French release : 02/09/1998
Runtime : 1 h 41 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 86.414
Visa issue date : 03/07/1998
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Official website : www.bacfilms.com/restons/

Festival Selections (2)

	Shanghai - International Film Festival - 1999 Official Competition Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : China
	Acapulco French Film Festival - 1998 French Feature Films Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Mexico