The Bridesmaid
Synopsis
Philippe Tardieu lives with his mother, Christine, and two sisters, Sophie and Patricia, in a house in the suburbs of Nantes. He’s a salesman with a building firm. Christine does hairdressing work at home to earn some spare change. Sophie, the eldest sister, is getting married to Jacky. As for Patricia, the youngest sister, she tries as best she can to escape she's not sure what.
Philippe meets Senta at his sister’s wedding. She’s Jacky’s cousin and one of the bridesmaids. From then on, this reasonable man succumbs to crazy passion. This would be fine if it weren't for the fact that Senta isn't exactly a woman like any other.
But Senta leads Philippe into a world where all his bearings slowly disappear. Is Senta lying when she says that she’s an actress, or when she insists that, to be fully alive, you must plant a tree, write a poem and make love with someone of the same sex?
And lastly, is she lying when she says with a smile that to prove your love, you must also kill someone?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : Canal Diffusion, Alicéleo
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, Wanda Films, Les Films du Fleuve, Integral Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Patrick Godeau, Antonio Passalia
- Screenwriters : Claude Chabrol, Pierre Leccia
- Director of Photography : Eduardo Serra
- Music Composer : Matthieu Chabrol
- Assistant directors : Cécile Maistre, Julien Triger
- Editor : Monique Fardoulis
- Sound recordists : Pierre Lenoir, Thierry Lebon
- Costume designer : Mic Cheminal
- Author of original work : Ruth Rendell
- Executive Producer : Françoise Galfrè
- Co-producer : Alfred Hürmer
- Assistant Operator : David Grinberg
- Camera Operator : Michel Thiriet
- Production Manager : Michel Jullien
- Press Attaché (film) : Eva Simonet
- Assistant Editor : Stanislas Moreau
- Continuity supervisor : Aurore Chabrol
- Production Designer : Françoise Benoît-Fresco
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Cosson
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
