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Mon Idole

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1hr 53min
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2002
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Synkronized USA
Synopsis: Actor Guillaume Canet, best known to American audiences for his work in The Beach, makes his directorial debut with the dark comedy, Mon idole. Canet also stars in the film as Bastien, an ambitious young man working as an assistant to Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre, who co-wrote the script with Canet and Eric Naggar) the overbearing host of a raucous, exploitative Jerry Springer-like game/talk show called It's Tissue Time! in which the goal is to make the contestants cry. Bastien warms up the ... Full Synopsis
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Anchored by an iconic performance from (François Berléand, Guillaume Canet’s Mon idole is intriguing and scabrously funny—an accomplished directorial debut. The film is a scathing look at show business ambition, along the lines of George Huang’s Swimming With Sharks, and Broustal, Berléand’s megalomaniacal producer dominates this film much as Kevin Spacey’s more belligerent character did that one. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Jean-Louis Broustal
Philippe Letzger
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