SYNOPSIS
Fleeing gun-toting rivals, a bank robber (Dupontel) seeks refuge in his quiet childhood neighborhood where his mother, Maniette (Frot), still lives leading a valiant resistance against an unscrupulous property developer, much to her son’s dismay. Discovering her son’s Machiavellian nature, Maniette engages in a pitiless and often hilarious battle with him in order to set him on the right path. |
CRITICS/QUOTES
Director’s quote:
“Childhood is the artist’s El Dorado. We all try to dwell there for as long as possible. More or less elegantly.”
Press reviews:
Écran large : “Skimmed of all superfluity (the film flies as fast as the bullets dodged in the opening sequence), visually above and beyond any of its current competitors, and consistently irreverent, the Villain makes an offer the viewer cannot refuse.”
Le Monde : “Albert Dupontel is a kind of burlesque Mel Gibson (...) swiftly shifting from villainy to halfwit victimization because of his own blunders.”
Figaroscope : Catherine Frot, irresistible.”
BIO/FILMOGRAPHY
Selective filmography - Catherine Frot
1996: Un air de famille by Cédric Klapisch
1998: Paparazzi by Alain Berbérian
1998: Le Dîner de cons by Francis Veber
1999: La Nouvelle Ève by Catherine Corsini
1999: La Dilettante by Pascal Thomas
2000: Inséparables by M. Couvelard
2001: Chaos by Coline Serreau
2003: 7 ans de mariage by Didier Bourdon
2003: Après la vie by Lucas Belvaux
2003: Cavale by Lucas Belvaux
2003: Chouchou by Merzak Allouache
2003: Un couple épatant by Lucas Belvaux
2004: Éros thérapie by Danièle Dubroux
2004: Vipère au poing by Philippe de Broca
2004: Les Sœurs fâchées by Alexandra Leclère
2005: Boudu by Gérard Jugnot
2005: Mon petit doigt m'a dit... by Pascal Thomas
2006: La Tourneuse de pages by Denis Dercourt
2007: Odette Toulemonde by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
2008: Mark of an Angel
2009 : Le Vilain
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BIO/FILMOGRAPHY
Selective filmography - Albert Dupontel
As actor:
1996 - Un héros très discret by Jacques Audiard
1996 - Bernie by Albert Dupontel
2000 - Les Acteurs by Bertrand Blier
2002 - Irréversible by Gaspar Noé
2002 - Monique: toujours contente by Valérie Guignabodet
2004 - Le Convoyeur by Nicolas Boukhrief
2004 - Un long dimanche de fiançailles by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2006 - Fauteuils d'orchestre by Danièle Thompson
2006 - Enfermés dehors by Albert Dupontel
2006 - Avida by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
2006 - Président by Lionel Delplanque
2007 - Jacquou le croquant by Laurent Boutonnat
2007 - Odette Toulemonde by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
2007 - Chrysalis by Julien Leclercq
2007 - L'Ennemi intime by Florent Emilio Siri
2007 - Louise-Michel by Gustave Kervern et Benoît Delépine
2008 - Paris by Cédric Klapisch
2008 - Deux jours à tuer by Jean Becker
2009 - Le Vilain by Albert Dupontel
2010 - Le Bruit des glaçons by Bertrand Blier
As director:
1996 - Bernie
1999 - Le Créateur
2006 - Enfermés dehors
2009 - Le Vilain
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