Pretty Things (2001 film)

Pretty Things
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Produced by Stéphane Marsil
Screenplay by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Based on Les Jolies Choses
by Virginie Despentes
Starring Marion Cotillard
Stomy Bugsy
Patrick Bruel
Ophélie Winter
Titoff
Music by David Moreau
Cinematography Pascal Ridao
Edited by Bertrand Collard
Production
company
C.A.P.A.C.
Hugo Films
M6 Films
Distributed by UIP
Release date
  • 21 July 2001 (2001-07-21) (Melbourne)
  • 14 November 2001 (2001-11-14) (France)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget $3.8 million[1]
Box office $913.000[2]

Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and based on Virginie Despentes's 1998 novel Les Jolies Choses. It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.[3]

In the film, Marion Cotillard portrays twins of completely opposite characters, Lucie and Marie. She was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance.[4]

Cast

  • Marion Cotillard as Marie / Lucie
  • Stomy Bugsy as Nicolas
  • Patrick Bruel as Jacques
  • Titoff as Sébastien
  • Ophélie Winter as Jessica
  • Tony Amoni as Steve
  • Matthieu Touboul as Martin
  • Olivier Granier as The father
  • Aude Brenner as The mother
  • Nikita Lespinasse as Heidi
  • Guy Amram as Fred
  • Martin Amic as Arthur
  • Axelle Renoir as The journalist
  • Clémence Roussillon as Young Marie
  • Anna Roussillon as Young Lucie

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2209
  2. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fLESJOLIESCHOSES01&country=FR&wk=2001W46&id=_fLESJOLIESCHOSES01&p=.htm
  3. ↑ "Prix Michel d'Ornano". Deauville.
  4. ↑ "27th Cesar Awards (French Academy) (2002) - Films from 2001 - FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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