DemonloverDirected by Olivier Assayas Produced by Elizabeth Films Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h French release : 06/11/2002 Production year : 2001
DirectorActorsSynopsisAlthough not yet thirty, Diane has a high level job working for a multinational corporation run by Henri-Pierre Volf. In the logic of the diversification of its activities - from real estate to clothing design - the Volf Group is negociating the acquisition of TokyoAnime, a Japanese company which produces a new form of manga, and its pornographic version, hentaï, in digital 3D images that will outdate and destroy the competition in this extraordinarily lucrative market.
Two companies, Mangatronics and Demonlover, battle to obtain exclusive distribution rights to Volf's new images on the Web. Mangatronics has recruted Diane as a kind of industrial spy to serve its interests by torpedoing the Demonlover contract from within. Should the links between Demonlover and various violent and illegal pornographic sites become known, they would dangerously weaken its relationship with the Volf Group, unaware of the existence of these secret sites. Diane discovers that the sites' spies - in the form of her seemingly neutral, naive colleagues - have also inflitrated the Wolf Group, which in turn has its own spies keeping tabs. Her increasing knowledge makes her a danger to Demonlover.
Soon there is no way out, except to be absorbed into cyberspace, of which she was perhaps already a part right from the start. Production photos (8)
Posters gallery (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Elizabeth Films Co-production : M6 Films, TPS Star, Cofimage Production, Citizen Films Film export/Foreign Sales : Wild Bunch French distribution : SND Groupe M6 News agency (France) : Claude Davy & Emmanuel Egretier (ex-DDD Conseil)
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Édouard Weil Author of original work : Olivier Assayas Screenwriter : Olivier Assayas Director of Photography : Denis Lenoir Sound Recordist : Philippe Richard Press Attaché (film) : Claude Davy Editor : Luc Barnier Continuity supervisor : Agnès Feuvre Production Designer : François-Renaud Labarthe Music Composer : Youth Sonic (Groupe) Costume Designer : Anaïs Romand Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
Technical detailsFeature film Genres : Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French (France) Production year : 2001 French release : 06/11/2002 Runtime : 2 h Current status : Released Visa number : 102.193 Visa issue date : 30/10/2002 Approval : Yes Production formats :
35mm Screening format :
35mm Color type : Color Aspect ratio : CinemaScope Sound format : Dolby SRD
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