Synopsis
An unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël that will affect all those around them, be they close friends or casual acquaintances. Thrown off balance, the characters let their masks drop and to recover, they are obliged to assume roles that reveal the malaise of today’s society. Power plays, keeping up appearances, conformist behavior, catchphrases that replace real thought… Contemporary behavior is put to the test over a three-day crisis that upsets a cosy little Parisian set who, apparently confident socially, are fragile and lost when it comes to their personal lives. Only the enigmatic Kirsch, the root of the trouble and detonator of the crisis, seems to know who he truly is, even if, of all of the characters, he seems the most sensitive and fragile. Treated in a humorous way, the film attempts to look at our daily lives, behavior, language and codes through characters similar to us, familiar and fraternal, who discover and illustrate the madness at work in social interaction.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (26)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, Art Light Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Assistant Director : James Canal
- Authors of original work : Jeanne Labrune, Richard Debuisne
- Sound Recordist : Éric Devulder
- Line Producers : Jean-Luc Dénéchau, Christine Gozlan
- Screenwriter : Jeanne Labrune
- Director of Photography : Christophe Pollock
- Sound Assistant : Jonathan Acbard
- Assistant Operators : Romain Lacourbas, Catherine Georges
- Production Manager : Jean-Paul Battaggia
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
- Editor : Guy Lecorne
- Sound Editor : Pierre Choukroun
- Assistant Editor : Anja Lüdcke
- Continuity supervisor : Anne-Marie Garcia
- Production Designer : Emile Ghigo
- Music Composer : Bruno Fontaine
- Casting : Stéphane Foenkinos
- Costume designer : Claire Fraïssé
- Sound mixers : Gérard Rousseau, Carl Goetgheluck
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 2002
- French release : 11/12/2002
- Runtime : 1 h 39 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 103.732
- Visa issue date : 05/12/2002
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
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