Carrément à l'Ouest is a 2001 French comedy drama directed and written by Jacques Doillon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Carrément à l'Ouest | |
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Directed by | Jacques Doillon |
Written by | Jacques Doillon |
Produced by | Richard Djoudi Marin Karmitz (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Caroline Champetier |
Edited by | Catherine Quesemand |
Music by | Dom Farkas Dom Lemou Jean Lemou |
Production companies | Diba Films France 3 Cinéma |
Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Cast
edit- Lou Doillon as Fred
- Caroline Ducey as Silvia
- Guillaume Saurrel as Alex
- Camille Clavel as François, the student
- Xavier Villeneuve as Xavier, Alex's brother
- Hafed Benotman as Ben, François's friend
- Joshua Phillips as Hotel clerk
- Antoine Chain as Customer
- Arthur Chain as Hotel bellboy
- Aurore Giradolle as Girl in night-club
- Hervé Duhamel as Cash machine customer
- Hassan Dramé as 18 Arrondissement boy
Islid Le Besco controversy
editIn February 2024, French actress Isild Le Besco alleged that while she was trying to star in the film in the year 2000, Carrément à l'Ouest director Jacques Doillon attempted to sexually blackmail her.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Carrément à l'Ouest". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ Forgar, Ségolène (9 February 2024). ""Il m'a embrassée de force" : Anna Mouglalis et Isild le Besco, les autres accusatrices de Jacques Doillon". Madame Figaro (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
edit- Carrément à l'Ouest at IMDb
- Carrément à l'Ouest at AllMovie
- Carrément à l'Ouest at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Carrément à l'Ouest at Films de France