Screenplay: Jean-Michel Ribes (adapted from his own play of the same name)
Director of photography:
Pascal Ridao
Cast:
Michel Blanc (Mosk)
Victoria Abril (Clara)
Pierre Arditi (Henri Province)
Josiane Balasko (la mère en Chanel)
Valérie Lemercier (Valérie)
André Dussollier (Le Ministre)
Fabrice Luchini (un gardien Musée Malraux)
Running time:
1hr 33min Production:
France, 2007 Distributor:
Warner Bros. France ›› OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Musée Haut Musée Bas A Day at the Museum
May content some graphics scenes Sponsored by TV5 Monde Introduction by Philippa Wehle, Professor Emerita of French at Purchase College Q&A with director Jean Michel Ribes
The setting is the Malraux Museum, a composite of every museum on earth, and therefore like none other... A raucous ensemble comedy, A Day at the Museum enlists several of France’s most beloved actors to satirize their nation’s love of art and culture. Characters careen from one exhibition to the next, and it is often difficult to decide which is more entertaining and outlandish—the art, or the museum visitors themselves. Director-writer Jean-Michel Ribes draws on his theatrical background to combine witty dialogue and breathless pacing; the space of the museum, however—where one feels that literally anything can happen—is pure cinema.
Director's quote
I very quickly learned that the masterpieces which interested me were, in fact, the museumgoers who were looking at the masterpieces.(…) I never tell myself that my role is to paint a portrait of society; I just seek to surprise myself, to make myself laugh.
“Art is, in fact, the central subject of Musée haut,musée bas, which, underneath its intense atmosphere, is a moving homage to these houses of painting and sculpture. Beauty, or more precisely, the search for beauty,occupies a key place in our lives, and the director presents this search to be essential to mankind, just as is the humor he masters so well.”– Alain Riou, Le Nouvel Observateur
2008 Musée haut, musée bas (A Day at the Museum) 1994 Chacun pour toi (Every Man for Yourself) 1986 La Galette du roi (The King's Cake) 1979 Rien ne va plus (Out of Whack)
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