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Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Paul Rouve, Julie Depardieu
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Podium |
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PODIUM is a French movie written and directed by Yann Moix in 2003.
Bernard Frédéric was a fan of the French singer Claude François who was electrocuted in 1978 at the age of 39. Bernard was considered the best Claude François look-alike until the day his wife Véro asked him to choose between the singer and her. Now, 5 years later, Bernard has become a bank clerk and lives a normal wife with Véro and their little boy.
Life will suddenly change for Bernard when his friend Couscous convinces him to take part in the next Night of the Look-Alikes organised by the French TV. Both have only 4 weeks to hire and train the four dancers who always accompanied the real Claude François. While Bernard has quit his job in order to present a few shows in little French towns before the big night, his wife Véro decides to leave him for good.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Podium |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- singer
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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