Serial Lover (1998)

Regista:

James Huth

Writers:

Romain Berthomieu (writer)
James Huth (writer)
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

22 aprile 1998 (France)

Genere:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Four men meet one woman. Not a balance of power.

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Death | Murder | Neo Noir | Police

Premi:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

A pearl of French cinema

Cast

Michèle Laroque	...	Claire Doste
Albert Dupontel	...	Eric Cellier
Elise Tielrooy	...	Alice Doste
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Charles Thiriot
Gilles Privat	...	Ruitchi dit Chichi
Zinedine Soualem	...	Prince Hakim
Antoine Basler	...	Sacha Peters
Didier Bénureau	...	Bruno Helgen
Philippe Vieux	...	Giuseppe
Patrick Ligardes	...	Pino
Isabelle Nanty	...	Isabelle
Pierre-François Martin-Laval	...	Greenrabbit
Maurice Barthélémy	...	Maurice Speedrabbit
Steve Suissa
Marina Foïs	...	Mina Schuster
Frédérique Meininger	...	Mme Francine
Pascal Vincent	...	Luc 'Police!' Tegui
Jean-Paul Rouve	...	Edouard 'Douad' Pied
Emmanuelle Lepoutre	...	Mme Woodstocker
Elise Larnicol	...	La fiancée d'Hakim
Alexandra Fleischer	...	Alex Crash
Roland Menou	...	Rolan' Stone
Sacha Prijovic	...	M. Gilgamesh, le concierge
François Kayat	...	Un voisin américain
Cécile Menetrey	...	Une voisine américaine
Shannon Finnegan	...	Une voisine américaine
Ronald Mills	...	Un voisin américain
Donna Flandrin	...	Une voisine américaine
Léon Pauquai	...	Un voisin américain
Gordon James McComb	...	Un voisin américain
Audrey Boitiau	...	Invitée d'Alice
Muriel Vanel	...	Invitée d'Alice
Isabelle Sueur	...	Invitée d'Alice
Pascal Parmentier	...	Invité d'Alice
Svetlana Guelblum	...	Invitée d'Alice
Maud Buquet	...	Invitée d'Alice
Hervé Béal	...	Invité d'Alice
Raju Boojharut	...	Invité d'Alice
Bruno Delelis	...	Invité d'Alice
Sofia Dourbecker	...	Invitée d'Alice (as Sophia Dourbecker)
Helmi Farhat	...	Invité d'Alice
Nassima Hamdi	...	Invitée d'Alice
Rebecca Hazan	...	Invitée d'Alice
Maud Heywang	...	Invitée d'Alice
Igor Joly-Erard	...	Invité d'Alice
Laurent Kéruzoré	...	Invité d'Alice
Eric-Laurent Lecouffe	...	Invité d'Alice
Patrice Lesot	...	Invité d'Alice
Christiane Limeri	...	Invitée d'Alice
Amina Mbow	...	Invitée d'Alice
Luka Morand-Parodi	...	Invité d'Alice
Son N'Guyen	...	Invité d'Alice
Sandrine Rigault	...	Invitée d'Alice
Nathalie Romier	...	Invitée d'Alice
Barbara Thieffin	...	Invitée d'Alice
Anthony Totele	...	Invité d'Alice
Nathalie Viana	...	Invitée d'Alice
Yumiko Shiokawa	...	Invitée d'Alice
Carra Sutherland	...	Invitée d'Alice
Julie Martin	...	Invitée d'Alice
Raphaelle Gallizzi	...	Invitée d'Alice (as Raphaëlle Galizzi)
Slimane Brahimi	...	Invité d'Alice
Rico Cheung	...	Invité d'Alice (as Rico Chung)
Anne-Laure Teboul	...	Invitée d'Alice
Peter Seybald	...	Invité d'Alice (as Peter Sebald)
Mélanie Heyman	...	Invitée d'Alice
Virginie Gallien	...	Invitée d'Alice
Laurent Helewa	...	Invité d'Alice
Jérôme Fouque	...	Invité d'Alice

Regia di
James Huth

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Romain Berthomieu		writer
James Huth		writer
Hugo Jacomet		writer

Prodotto da
Brahim Chioua	....	co-producer
François-Xavier Decraene	....	line producer
Pierre Héros	....	co-producer
Philippe Rousselet	....	producer

Musiche originali di
Bruno Coulais

Fotografia di
Jean-Claude Thibaut

Montaggio di
Scott Stevenson

Responsabile casting
Antoinette Boulat

Scenografie di
Jean-Baptiste Poirot

Architetto-scenografo
Laurent Piron

Costumi di
Olivier Bériot

Trucco
Marianne Collette	....	makeup artist
Isabelle de Araujo	....	makeup artist
Patrick Girault	....	hair stylist
Catherine Gomez-Fernandez	....	key hair stylist (as Catherine Gomez)
Isabelle Legay	....	hair stylist
Jean-Christophe Roger	....	makeup artist
Ghislaine Tortereau	....	hair stylist

Direttore di produzione
Jean-Paul Battaggia	....	unit manager
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production supervisor
François-Xavier Decraene	....	production manager

Aiuto regista
Delphine Bonnemason	....	second assistant director
Catherine Puertas	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Eric Becavin	....	construction manager
Christophe Boileau	....	property master
Michel-Pierre Boulouiz	....	painter
Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez	....	storyboard artist
Alain Chaudet	....	carpenter
Anne Dizeux	....	chief painter
Denis Gambs	....	head carpenter
Antoine Hoog	....	painter
Gérard James	....	set dresser
Sylvia Laquerbe	....	assistant art director
Stéphane Le Lièvre	....	painter
Claude Orceau	....	carpenter
Laurent Piron	....	assistant art director
Julien Poitou-Weber	....	assistant property master
Christian Portal	....	property master
Serge Royo	....	carpenter
Piotr Styczen	....	property master
Pierre Tejero	....	carpenter
Bettina von den Steinen	....	assistant art director

Sonoro
Serge Arthus	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Stéphane Briand	....	sound assistant
Franck Cartaut	....	boom operator
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Pierre Excoffier	....	sound (as Pierre Excoffier)
Eric Ferret	....	foley recordist
Anne Le Campion	....	foley mixer
Alain Lévy	....	assistant foley artist
Laurent Lévy	....	foley artist
Didier Lizé	....	sound engineer
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronization
Pascal Mazière	....	assistant foley artist
Laurent Quaglio	....	sound designer
Stéphane Reichart	....	sound assistant
Bruno Tarrière	....	sound mixer
Olivier Varenne	....	boom operator

Visual Effects
Jean Baptiste Lère	....	senior CGI artist
Simon Thomas	....	digital effects artist

Controfigure
Michel Norman	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pascal Banizet	....	grip
Olivier Boidin	....	electrician
Stéphane Cantin	....	electrician
François Creton	....	key grip
Cristina Ferreira	....	still photographer
Jerome Fourquin	....	gaffer
Alain Larue	....	grip
Nicolas Rideau	....	clapper loader
Philippe Robert	....	camera operator
Jean-Paul Vallorani	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Laurent Soulet	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jacques Mazuel	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christian Dutac	....	color timer
Hélène Stevenson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Guillaume Tell	....	music recordist

Altro personale
Laure Auger-Robert	....	production secretary
Stéphanie Chevrier	....	production assistant
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production manager
Cathy Dolet	....	script supervisor
Francis Pesquer	....	tapestry
Isabelle Ribis	....	script supervisor
Caroline Staub	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Captain Movies
• France 2 Cinéma
• Les Films de la Suane

Distributors

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2005) (Germany) (TV)
• Highlight Film (Germany)
• Rézo Films (France)

Durata:

83 min | Australia:89 min | Germany:85 min

Nazionalità:

France

Lingua:

Francese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Divieti:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:18

Company:

Canal+

Citazioni:

Claire Doste: No. You stay all sit here. It's my home here. And if Sasha wants to stay at the toilets for 30 years, so be it !

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Detour (1945)

A pearl of French cinema

Though the title might imply the movie being a bad porn flick, it actually turns out to be yet another pearl of French cinema.

Claire's 35th birthday is coming up and she has strongly decided to get married. She invites three substantial grooms for dinner, with the goal of choosing one of them as her future husband. The evening doesn't go exactly as planned and as one thing leads to another; soon Claire's apartment has turned into a house of horrors as more bodies start piling up in Claire's bathtub.

This movie once again proves how better movies are made when profit is not the only goal to achieve. The story is absolutely brilliant! What makes the movie even more amazing is that it's set in one apartment and all the events happen during one night. It's one of those movies that when you come out of the cinema it feels like it lasted only half an hour, but in reality was an hour and a half.

Director/script writer James Huth has done a brilliant job in organizing everything so that everything works perfectly and the audience can't stop laughing. There are no unnecessary moments and every scene leads to another, even funnier one. And yes, do watch this one before they make the American version.