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Mon idole

  • 2002
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.8K
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Mon idole (2002)
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Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.

  • Director
    • Guillaume Canet
  • Writers
    • Guillaume Canet
    • Philippe Lefebvre
    • Éric Naggar
  • Stars
    • François Berléand
    • Guillaume Canet
    • Diane Kruger
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Guillaume Canet
    • Writers
      • Guillaume Canet
      • Philippe Lefebvre
      • Éric Naggar
    • Stars
      • François Berléand
      • Guillaume Canet
      • Diane Kruger
    • 11User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

    Videos1

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 1:53
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    François Berléand
    François Berléand
    • Jean-Louis Broustal
    Guillaume Canet
    Guillaume Canet
    • Bastien
    Diane Kruger
    Diane Kruger
    • Clara Broustal
    Philippe Lefebvre
    • Philippe Letzger
    Daniel Prévost
    Daniel Prévost
    • M. Balbot
    Clotilde Courau
    Clotilde Courau
    • Fabienne
    Jacqueline Jehanneuf
    • Maryvonne
    Gilles Lellouche
    Gilles Lellouche
    • Daniel Bénard
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    • Patrick
    Andrée Damant
    Andrée Damant
    • Micheline
    Anne Marivin
    Anne Marivin
    • L'assistante
    Alexandra Mercouroff
    • La secrétaire de Broustal
    Pascal Leguennec
    • Le jardinier
    Vincent Darré
    • Le fils du jardinier
    Laurent Lafitte
    Laurent Lafitte
    • Fabrice
    Pierre Jolivet
    Pierre Jolivet
    • Bertrand Vigneau
    Éric Naggar
    • Monsieur le maire
    Philippe Landoulsi
    • Le chauffeur
    • Director
      • Guillaume Canet
    • Writers
      • Guillaume Canet
      • Philippe Lefebvre
      • Éric Naggar
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews11

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    4craig-brown-1

    Unsatisfying as a Big Mac

    I channel surfed into he opening credits of this show so came in with no pre-conceived ideas.

    Visually appealing, well directed and well acted the fundamental problem with this movie is that it has nothing to say.

    It presents itself as a film with something to say but in the end fails to deliver anything substantial, which is frustrating as if it was a bit wittier it could stand up as a fair comedy.

    As it is it thinks it's satire, but it's satire from a vacuous mind satirising something nobody cares about - the amorality of the rich entertainment elite.
    8as20

    I loved it

    I don't understand why this film didn't get more exposure cause it sure is a UFO of a film. Knowing where it is going is impossible. Berléand as the media tycoon is incredible, Canet perfect in his ready-to-do-anything-to-succeed character, and Krugger is just stunning.

    Cold sense of humor.

    Original screenplay.

    A good film to rent.

    The end is pure poetry and a reflexion on what our society has become.

    Recommended ? Of course.
    8Zmajina

    Funny, clever and full of surprises

    I haven't seen François Berléand anywhere else, but he is marvelous here. I was constantly watching out for him, guessing whether he was crazy, cunning or just blasé. The others are OK, but he simply eclipses them.

    The film has some nice turns, especially in the first half, where it successfully keeps up a relaxed yet intriguing atmosphere of a rich man's weekend where anything can happen (very 70s). Also, there are great homosexual innuendoes balancing between funny and uneasy, something quite hard to achieve, in my opinion.

    Unfortunately, the characters never develop after the first hour, and the ending is contrived. Still, its quiet humor, clever script and some great acting earned it my vote of 8.
    7mariannec

    You never know what's next

    Great movie, and funny too. François Berléand's performance is unique. For an hour and a half you don't know how it's going to end. And when you think you know what's next, you're wrong.
    6dbdumonteil

    ready for anything to be successful?

    Either it is in France, Great-Britain or in the USA, nearly every big actor felt one day or another to take a turn behind the camera to show their potential as a director. Guillaume Canet, a young charismatic actor added his name to this list which keeps on extending. With "mon idole" (2002), his first long feature movie is strongly rooted in the contemporary reality with the following topics: the hypnotic power of television on the public and the relations of manipulation. However, this exercise of style leaves a bitter taste in the mouth after the vision even if the result is far from being uninteresting.

    Do you remember professor Castro's leitmotiv in Alejandro Amenabar's thriller "Tesis" (1996) (We must give the public what he demands...). The professor thought of the violence. Today, the public wants not only violence but also daring TV shows pushed to the voyeurism. The satire is well here at the beginning of the movie during the TV show. Moreover, later the film contains a significant detail: Jean Louis Broustal breeds vultures. The metaphor is obvious. Nowadays, TV shows, especially TV reality occupy an enormous place in our lives and it can be source of wealth and respectability for the ones who run them. Besides, Canet seizes the opportunity to deride them. The sequence when Broustal, his wife and a friend of them are dancing in the living-room dressed in silly costumes constitutes a good example. It wouldn't be fair to call Broustal's wife a grown-up because she is still a child deep inside her. As for Broustal, all in all he is an eternal pampered child who only thinks of having fun. Now to come back to the starting point, Bastien (Guillaume Canet is an ambitious young man who would like to climb the ladder in television. He has a project for the telly and he presents it to his manager Jean Louis Broustal (François Berléand). It is useful to add that Bastien is widely impressed by this apparently serious man. Broustal is interested by Bastien's plan and decides to invite him in his country house in the country for the week-end. But Bastien is going to find out that his real motivations are drastically different from Broustal's.

    It is quite easy to guess Canet's major inspirations. His movie finds itself half-way between "Masques" (1987) by Claude Chabrol for the setting, the first part of the story, the food and the cinema of the Coen brothers for the caustic tone. There are also strong echoes of "une étrange affaire" (1981) by Pierre Granier-Deferre. Canet seems to be film-loving to the core. He has also had intuition for the cast. Having hired François Berléand, a largely underrated French actor with a rich filmography was a good idea. Furthermore, him and Canet are well followed by the rest of the cast. The satire is quite fierce, the situations are comical, the actors feel visibly at ease in their respective roles. So, what is wrong with "mon idole"? Well, first Canet's opus appears a little hesitating because it wavers between comedy, drama and detective movie and as a consequence the young director has difficulty to find a unity and a lasting tone. Actually, the first part of the movie is the most successful. Gradually, we feel the suspense rising and Broustal's real intentions are taking shape. Roughly, we discover that Canet offers us a farce. Problem: it happens in the middle of the film and has strong chances to run out of steam quite quickly. So in order to restart the interest of the spectator, Canet tries his hand at black humor (the moment when Broustal's wife is involuntarily killing Broustal's friend) and it is where the movie goes awry. In a way, the young director artificially furnished the second part of the movie and it involves a lack of cohesion to the whole. As a result, Canet wanders from his subject and his movie has difficulty to hold water.

    What can we say about his making? It alternates the best and the worst. There's a careful work on light and the scenery but Canet doesn't avoid the flashy effects like to prove his master of making.

    But if there's a thing in the film that is spoiled ,it is the music. About it, "mon idole" has a common feature with Cameron Crowe's movie "Vanilla Sky" (2001): both present a badly used and sometimes too intrusive music. Maybe Canet's work is worse because a few songs in it by the feelings they bring out haven't got their place in a story like this one. At the end of the movie we hear "Abraham, Martin and John"! What did Canet think of when he wrote this sequence? That's a real disgrace from Canet.

    Let's also regret a somewhat unsuccessful end because Canet couldn't use a thing that could have kicked the bull's eye: immorality.

    So, "mon idole" is an interesting but heterogeneous work which could have been much better. It's a shame for Guillaume Canet. But if he wants to shoot a second movie maybe will he correct his mistakes.

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    Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Satire
    Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Comedy
    James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Perrino, Donna Pescow, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Michael Drayer in The Sopranos (1999)
    Crime
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 2002 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Mars Films (France)
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    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • My Idol
    • Production companies
      • M6 Films
      • Pendrake Films
      • Nord-Ouest Films
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      • $2,789,920
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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