Fred
Synopsis
A new town with its neat grid of identical dwellings. Fred, early thirties, is a skilled crane operator on the dole. The empty days weigh heavy on his soul. Luckily he has Lisa. She's younger than him. She has a small boy and a job as a switchboard operator in a medical lab. She's the breadwinner. Her love keeps Fred afloat. Then there's Michel, the friend and neighbour. Michel's a truck driver. He works irregular hours. One night Fred is woken by the noise of a tractortrailer parking near the house. Next morning, Michel Fred a favour. Fred asks no questions, even though he smells a rat, even though it smells like danger... like those two strangers in a van, lurking around Michel's house...
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Director (1)
Actors (20)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Co-production : Little Bear
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Screenwriter : Pierre Jolivet
- Director of Photography : Patrick Blossier
- Music Composers : Serge Perathoner, Jannick Top
- Assistant directors : Sandra Dalle, Sonia Larue
- Editor : Luc Barnier
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Excoffier
- Costume designer : Valérie Pozzo Di Borgo
- Line Producers : Frédéric Bourboulon, Bertrand Tavernier
- Assistant Operators : Jérôme Alméras, Patrick Ghiringhelli
- Production Manager : François Hamel
- Press Attaché (film) : Jean-Pierre Vincent
- Sound editors : Cécile Ranc, Marie-Christine Ratel
- Assistant editors : Tina Baz, Marie Lecoeur
- Continuity supervisor : Sylvie Koechlin
- Production Designer : Sylvie Salmon
- Art Director : Paul Decaux
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
- Still Photographer : Christian Simonpietri
- Location Manager : Pascal Ralite
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Fraud
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1996
- French release : 12/03/1997
- Runtime : 1 h 25 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 90.399
- Visa issue date : 24/02/1997
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
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About
"I've always wanted to work with Vincent Lindon and when we decided to make a film together, I started writing with him in mind. I think he has great qualities, not just popular ones. He is one of the rare French actors who physically and intellectually adopts the characters that he plays. Fred is a simple guy who doesn't read books and Lindon can live with that. He has plaid students, lawyers and has attained a certain maturity. He wanted to be Fred. As for Clotilde Courau, she soon become the obvious choice. It's her first role as a mother with whom she has a sex life and a house that she keeps running. Lisa is a pylon, an anchor. Clotilde wanted that. You can be lucky at times : you ask actors to do exactly what they want to do. For Clotilde too, it was the right time." (Pierre Jolivet)
