Serial Lover (1998)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Romain Berthomieu (writer)
James Huth (writer)
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Release Date:

22 April 1998 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Death | Murder | Neo Noir | Police

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

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

Directed by
James Huth

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Romain Berthomieu		writer
James Huth		writer
Hugo Jacomet		writer

Produced by
Brahim Chioua	....	co-producer
François-Xavier Decraene	....	line producer
Pierre Héros	....	co-producer
Philippe Rousselet	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Jean-Claude Thibaut

Film Editing by
Scott Stevenson

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Jean-Baptiste Poirot

Art Direction by
Laurent Piron

Costume Design by
Olivier Bériot

Makeup Department
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

Production Management
Jean-Paul Battaggia	....	unit manager
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production supervisor
François-Xavier Decraene	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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

Sound Department
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 by
Jean Baptiste Lère	....	senior CGI artist
Simon Thomas	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
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

Other crew
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)

Runtime:

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

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

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+

Quotes:

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:

References Detour (1945)

Absurd but funny atrocities

This film was shown as a premiere during a French cinema festival in Amsterdam. The summary in the guide said something about the film being similar to Pulp Fiction and John Long Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and that's how far I got reading.

You can imagine I didn't expect what I was going to see, but it amused me anyway. The humor is very black and very gory, so this is no movie for the faint-hearted ones. If you don't mind this, you can do nothing but laugh at the absurd, Funes-like situations caused by the main character. The plot is quite original and undergoes unexpected twists, which with the great special effects (both visual and aural) give the film a certain freshness. This did me remind of Pulp Fiction.

I was sitting with about ten people in the theater, but I can assure we had the time of our lives, laughing at the absurd but funny atrocities throughout the film!