Le Poulpe
Synopsis
Name: Gabriel Lecouvreur, alias “Le Poulpe” (The Octopus) Distinguishing features: Shoes. Soft white leather or coarse red canvas, what matters most is feeling good in them. (Previous owners are normally out of the running.) Occupation: Neither cop nor detective. Occasionally, publicist. Wages: Paid in flesh. Love life: Cheryl, as long as he gets home in time. (The hot-blooded hairdresser digs a little stockroom salsa when The Octopus is on the road.) Known hangouts: Places of religious and fashion worship, waterfronts and urban dives. Favorite quotation: If you fuck in the henhouse, you’re gonna break eggs. Name: Cheryl Occupation: Hairdresser Specialty: Bangs Tendencies: Sexual. Mainly linguistic, occasionally manual. Favorite reading: Princesses of the World, Couples. Hobbies: Shooting, cartons, window-shopping Motto: Two in the hand are worth one in the bush.
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Director (1)
Actors (32)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Telema
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 2 Cinéma, Havas Images
- Film exports/foreign sales : Newen Connect a TF1 Group Company, Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Charles Gassot
- Screenwriters : Guillaume Nicloux, Jean-Bernard Pouy, Patrick Raynal
- Director of Photography : Pascal Gennesseaux
- Music Composers : Alexander Balanescu, Nicolas Haas
- Assistant Director : Raphaëlle Piani
- Editor : Stéphane Pereira
- Sound Recordist : Guillaume Sciama
- Costume designer : Jacqueline Bouchard
- Line Producer : Jacques Hinstin
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
- Sound editors : Jérôme Wiciak, Jean-Pierre Halbwachs
- Continuity supervisor : Anne Wermelinger
- Production Designer : Jean-Marc Kerdelhué
- Casting : Pascale Béraud
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Dalmasso
- Still Photographer : Jean-Claude Lother
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller, Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 07/10/1998
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 92.411
- Visa issue date : 10/08/1998
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
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Guillaume Nicloux’s movie is a feast of punchy dialog and acting. (Le Canard Enchaîné)
Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Clotilde Courau are more than good, they’re sparkling. (Télérama)
A breath of fresh air and enjoyment. (L’Express)
Actors who can make you feel real emotion ... the best thing going ... fantastic. (Le Parisien)
Don’t miss them or you’ll miss a great time. (Le Point)
Nicloux carries it off. Darroussin, Courau and all the other players are sensational. (Charlie Hebdo)
