The Squatter
Synopsis
Alexandre and Paul are the heroes of an adventure comedy; a tale of friendship in which a crafty dropout sets himself up in the apartment of a young musician, creating chaos in the other man’s somewhat over-organized life.
A scheming layabout, Paul is used to squatting other people’s homes. Except, he’s now run out of luck and no one wants him around anymore. After a hellish night, he learns by chance that Alexandre lives alone in an apartment owned by his friend, Christophe, who has left for Angola. Leaping on this golden opportunity, Paul passes himself off for Christophe’s cousin and settles into the apartment, disrupting this burgeoning artist’s peaceful, uneventful life. Paul thinks he’s found the perfect sucker.
Paul, making a living by petty swindles, leads Alexandre into a series of misadventures. They cross paths with Cécilia and Alexandre falls in love with her.
But, once again, Paul’s dubious past catches up with him and he has no other option than to rip off the only friend...
Credits
Actors (32)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Films Christian Fechner
- Co-productions : France 2 Cinéma, Zagzig Productions
- French distribution : Warner Bros. (France)
- News agency (France) : B.C.G.
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Christian Fechner
- Screenwriters : Alexandre Castagnetti, Corentin Julius
- Director of Photography : Laurent Machuel
- Music Composers : Alexandre Castagnetti, Jérôme Germond, Clément Marchand
- Assistant directors : Véronique Labrid, Christophe Ronchet
- Editor : Sylvie Gadmer
- Sound Recordist : Paul Lainé
- Costume designer : Ricardo Martinez-Paz
- Sound assistant : Annabel Acquaviva
- Assistant Operators : Lucas Leconte, Stephen Mack
- Production Manager : Philippe Schwartz
- Press Attachés (film) : Myriam Bruguière, Olivier Guigues
- Continuity supervisor : Lucie Truffaut
- Production Designer : Dominique André
- Sound mixers : Dominique Gaborieau, William Flageollet
- Still Photographer : Jean-Marie Leroy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Adventure
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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News & awards
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Selections (5)
Delegations (3)
French Film Festival (Budapest)
Hungary, 2006
Director : Alexandre Castagnetti
Director : Corentin Julius
