Bernie (1996)

Director:

Albert Dupontel

Writers:

Albert Dupontel (dialogue)
Albert Dupontel (screenplay)
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Release Date:

27 November 1996 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Claude Perron	...	Marion
Albert Dupontel	...	Bernie Noël
Roland Blanche	...	Donald Willis
Hélène Vincent	...	Mme Clermont, la mère de Bernie
Roland Bertin	...	Ramonda
Paul Le Person	...	Bernie, the janitor
Catherine Samie	...	Grandmother
Alain Libolt	...	Maître Clermont
Pascal Ternisien	...	Edouard Clermont
Emmanuelle Bougerol	...	Marie-Solange Clermont
Philippe Uchan	...	Député Vallois
Antoinette Moya	...	L'agent immobilier
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Travesti
Loïc Houdré	...	Dealer
Yves Pignot	...	Directeur de l'orphelinat
Patrick Ligardes	...	Surveillant de l'orphelinat
Eric Elmosnino	...	Vendeur vidéo
Lucia Sanchez	...	Maria
Nicolas Marié	...	Commissaire
Patrick Mazet	...	Le 1er inspecteur
Henri de Lorme	...	Le 2e inspecteur
Frédéric Constant	...	Jeune homme bien mis
Bernard Bastareaud	...	Rasta
Marie-Philomène Nga	...	La femme de ménage
Daniel Laur	...	Conducteur
Marianne Merlo	...	La femme du conducteur

Directed by
Albert Dupontel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Albert Dupontel		dialogue
Albert Dupontel		screenplay
Gilles Laurent		writer

Produced by
Bruno Hodebert	....	associate producer
Philippe Liégeois	....	producer
Jean-Michel Rey	....	producer
Pierre Roda	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ramon Pipin

Cinematography by
Guillaume Schiffman

Film Editing by
Juliette Welfling

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Laurent Allaire

Costume Design by
Françoise Bourrec
Chattoune

Makeup Department
Mayté Alonso	....	key makeup artist
Rachel Benaich	....	hair stylist
Alex Chatti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Emmanuel Bonhomme	....	assistant unit manager
Alexandre François	....	unit manager
Jean-Louis Godfroy	....	production manager
Dominique Lecat	....	assistant unit manager
Dylan Talleux	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hubert Barbin	....	first assistant director
Alain Baudy	....	first assistant director
Cyril Duval	....	second assistant director
Katy Jones	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Bernard Bridon	....	sculptor
Remy Canzani	....	constructor
Emmanuelle Duplay	....	assistant set decorator
Brahim El Amrani	....	painter
Alain-Georges Ferrero	....	property master
Jacques Hellegouarchi	....	carpenter
Antoine Hoog	....	painter
Hélène Imbert	....	painter
François Lallier	....	construction coordinator
Christophe Lemoine	....	constructor
Josselin Méhat	....	set decoration trainee
Sonia Morse	....	painter
Didier Parichon	....	painter
Yannis Parichon	....	painter
Christophe Perruchi	....	assistant set decorator
Patrick Schmitt	....	props buyer
Yvan Tornato	....	constructor

Sound Department
Frédéric Attal	....	sound editor
Frédéric Attal	....	sound effects
Michel Bensaid	....	sound assistant
Hervé Buirette	....	sound mixer
François Groult	....	sound mixer
Jérôme Harlay	....	sound trainee
Sylvain Lasseur	....	sound editor
Sylvain Lasseur	....	sound effects
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist
Emmanuel Marchand	....	sound reports
Olivier Marlangeon	....	foley artist
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Francis Perrard	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Jacques Pibarot	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Pierre Foury	....	pyrotechnician
Denis Gastou	....	model maker
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini	....	model maker
Benoît Squizzato	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Remi Fourneau	....	digital effects artist
Franck Montagné	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Joëlle Baland	....	stunt double: horse stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Nathalie Barot	....	stunts
Gregory Hassan	....	stunts
Mario Luraschi	....	stunt double: horse stunts
Pascal Madura	....	stunts
Alexandrine Roux	....	stunts
Valerie Salon	....	stunts
Francis Terzian	....	stunts
Phil Vitt	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Max Bernard	....	photographer: second unit
Philippe Camus	....	key grip
Eric Caro	....	still photographer
Mario d'Orio	....	grip
Nicolas Eprendre	....	photographer: second unit
Guillaume Genini	....	assistant camera
The Zoom N'guyen	....	steadicam operator
Christophe Offenstein	....	chief electrician
Mathias Othnin-Girard	....	electrician
Francis Pierson	....	electrician
Guillaume Schiffman	....	camera operator
Eric Vallee	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Didier Fouquet	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvie Ong	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Pierre Berlot	....	color timer
Valérie Deseine	....	assistant editor
Marcela Figueroa	....	assistant editor
Herve Trenel	....	telecine operator
Sophie Vincendeau	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Noir Désir	....	composer: song "là-bas"
Nommi	....	composer: song "Bernie's Lullaby"

Other crew
Ève Albertini	....	production secretary
Olivier Bouthillier	....	sponsoring
Serge David	....	administrator
Laura Gouadain	....	press agent
Patrick Lemaire	....	groupman
Marc Orly	....	location finder
Philippe Rey	....	administrator
Fabrice Rouaud	....	rush syncronisation
Claudine Zidi	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Rose Becker	....	thanks
Nicolas Boukhrief	....	thanks
François Chenivesse	....	thanks
Jean-Jacques Compère	....	thanks
Alexandra Dacruz	....	thanks
Yves Delforge	....	thanks
Noelle Deschamps	....	thanks
Didier Diaz	....	thanks
Colette Gervais	....	thanks
Richard Grandpierre	....	thanks
Sandra Joubeaud	....	thanks
Mathieu Kassovitz	....	thanks
Vanessa Larré	....	thanks
Cécile Magnet	....	thanks
Elizabeth Nebout-Mevel	....	thanks
Denis Offroy	....	thanks
Jean-Michel Ribes	....	thanks
Antoine Simkine	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Contre Prod
• Kasso Inc. Productions
• Rézo Films
• Ulysse Films

Distributors

• Alta Films (Spain)
• Scandinavian Entertainment Group

Other Companies

• France Cinema Multimedia (FCM)  soundtrack
• GLpipa  auditorium

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:-12 | Norway:18 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Canal+

Quotes:

Bernie Noël: I own a cat, Momo. Momo is a cat for many years, but he is also a feline.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère!, Le (1999)

Soundtrack:

La Bas

Albert Dupontel at his best

Absolutely hilarious, a must see for those who liked "c'est arrive près de chez vous" (Man bites dog), even though I still rank it a tone under, Bernie is a very funny, dark and absurd movie just like Albert Dupontel always makes..... Do not rent it if you are easily shocked, because the jokes tend to go quite far...