The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEach time Octave Parango (played by Jean Dujardin) is in a bad trip, Frédéric Beigbeder appears. It certainly refers to the fact that Beigbeder worked himself in an advertising agency as Octave in the movie.
- GoofsWhen Octave's version of the Starlight commercial is shown on television for the first time, the blob of yogurt on his eyebrow disappears and reappears between takes. This commercial is cross-clipped from several different takes. The lack of continuity is most certainly intentional.
- Quotes
Octave Parango: Everything is bought. Love, Art, planet earth, you me. Especially me. The man is a product like any other, with a limit sell by date. I am advertising, I am one of those that make you dream the things you will ever have. Blue skies, never ugly chicks, perfect happiness and retouched in Photoshop. You think I embellished the world? lost, I screw it up. Everything is temporary. Love, Art, planet Earth, you, me. Especially me
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Featured review
This movie was made like a giant advertising with very rhythmic effects and fast moving pictures. At least, it will keep the eye entertained during the whole movie but there's more in it.
It describes in a fun way what everybody knows is a sad world. Drugs, sex parties, late work hours, pretentious people, and meetings with stupid people, this is the way it works in the advertising industry.
It's a very funny criticism of advertising and the way it's made. I feared it would not do justice to Beigbeder's excellent book but in fact it's quite good.
Most of all, Jean Dujardin is very good in his role. He could be one of those mens you see working at Publicis on the champs Elysees !
Some people may not like the movie because there is a lot of sex and drug taking inside the movie. Yet, it's a good social depiction of this world. Don't go with the children's (the rating is not very explicit about the real content of the film) and enjoy yourself.
It describes in a fun way what everybody knows is a sad world. Drugs, sex parties, late work hours, pretentious people, and meetings with stupid people, this is the way it works in the advertising industry.
It's a very funny criticism of advertising and the way it's made. I feared it would not do justice to Beigbeder's excellent book but in fact it's quite good.
Most of all, Jean Dujardin is very good in his role. He could be one of those mens you see working at Publicis on the champs Elysees !
Some people may not like the movie because there is a lot of sex and drug taking inside the movie. Yet, it's a good social depiction of this world. Don't go with the children's (the rating is not very explicit about the real content of the film) and enjoy yourself.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- 99 франків
- Filming locations
- Château de Ferrières, Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne, France(meeting with Madone executives)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €12,447,638 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $13,444,973
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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