Le Poulpe

A Feature film of

Guillaume Nicloux

Produced by

Telema

Production year1998

French release07/10/1998

Runtime1 h 40 min

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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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Guillaume Nicloux
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Production and distribution (4)

Executive Producer : Telema

Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 2 Cinéma, Havas Images

Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect), 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

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Selections (5)

Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival
Brazil, 1999
Official International Selection
San Francisco International Film Festival
United States, 1999
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Rendez-Vous With French Cinema à New York
United States, 1999
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Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1999
Best Actor : Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Delegations (1)

Rendez-Vous With French Cinema à New York
United States, 1999
Director : Guillaume Nicloux

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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)