Cliente [videorecording] / IFC Films ; Gaumont présente ; une production LGM Films, Josy Films, Gaumont, France 3 cinéma ; scénario original et dialogues, Josiane Balasko ; adaptation, Josiane Balasko, Franck Lee Joseph ; produit par Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Jean-Baptiste Dupont ; un film de Josiane Balasko.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: IFC9776 | IFC FilmsLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: New York, NY : IFC in Theaters, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788611291
- 9780788611292
- English title on container: French gigolo
- Musique originale de Kore ; directeur de la photographie, Robert Alazraki ; montage, Claudien Merlin, Marie de la Selle.
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Main Library | DVD | WORLD Cliente | Available | 33111008302156 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gallic actress-turned-director Josiane Balasko - a Euro cinema mainstay best known for her unconventional romantic lead in Bertrand Blier's 1989 Trop belle pour toi - helms and co-stars in Cliente, a quirky and offbeat look at the bittersweet life of a male prostitute, which Balasko co-adapted from her 2005 novel with screenwriter Franck Lee Joseph. Eric Caravaca stars as Patrick, a French hustler in his mid-30s whose path criss-crosses with that of infomercial actress Judith (Nathalie Baye) in a local park. A nascent divorcee, she's in the mood for a quick fling, and follows suit with Marco, but this infuriates her sister, Irene (Balasko). Both sexual partners intend to enjoy the liaison as a one-time engagement; for better or worse, it soon repeats itself on multiple occasions and evolves into a deep-seated and very sticky relationship with lots of emotional strings. Significantly, this makes matters very complex and messy for Marco, who happens to be married to hairdresser Fanny (Isabelle Carre) and shares a residence with her, her mother (Catherine Hiegel) and her goth-decked sister (Marilou Berry, Balasko's real-life daughter)). Fanny, it seems, harbors no knowledge of Marco's real profession; when she discovers the truth, she systematically attempts to use her husband's profession to her own selfish advantages in lieu of objecting passionately or leaving him. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Adapted from the novel by Josiane Balasko.
Includes trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Musique originale de Kore ; directeur de la photographie, Robert Alazraki ; montage, Claudien Merlin, Marie de la Selle.
Nathalie Baye, Eric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré, Josiane Balasko.
Judith is the host and owner of a home shopping TV program. Divorced, successful, but wary of love, she selects younger male lovers from a host of escorts on the Internet. One day she chooses Marco, a charmingly sheepish man who is clearly not a pro. He's just desperate for money to keep his wife's business afloat. Marco doesn't want his wife to find out, his wife doesn't want the money to stop flowing, and Nathalie doesn't want to fall in love. None of them get what they want. Or do they?
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.
In French with optional English, English SDH, or Spanish subtitles.