Je t'aime John Wayne

2000 0h 10m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 24

Comedy

Synopsis

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Belmonde lives in 1990s London as an iconic , cool Frenchman modelled on the new wave cinema of the 1960s. Really he is English and middle class – a fact that his family won't let him forget!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kris Marshall
Belmondo
Camilla Rutherford
Zazie
Laura Lumley
Minne
Mark Rex
Tim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toby MacDonald
Writers: Luke Ponte
Languages: English, French
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kris Marshall and Camilla Rutherford and Laura Lumley carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0277050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

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Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toby MacDonald directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Kris Marshall and Camilla Rutherford and Laura Lumley carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0277050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 10 min · 0h 10m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Je t'aime John Wayne (2000)

Awards

European Film Award for Best Short Film

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Toby MacDonald

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-11-16
★ 6/10
Looking very much like a monochrome homage to the likes of Jacques Tati, this short feature follows the antics of “Belmondo” (Kris Marshall) who lives the life of a dapper and debonair young Parisian in the spirit of his more acclaimed namesake. Perfectly attired, elegantly puffing on his cigarette and speaking elementary French, he takes his young sister and her friend to the cinema. The film is in French, just about everyone is bored witless by it and as he leaves the cinema he becomes involved in a fracas that sees him meet “Zazie” (Camilla Rutherford) whom he feels sure is destined to be his soulmate and muse. Or, well maybe he’s just a delusional Brit called “Trevor”? Marshall fits the bill perfectly here and for a time it’s quite an enjoyable parody of things French and pretentious, but despite it being only ten minutes long there is too much padding to sustain the theme and I thought it needed a tighter edit to keep it better focussed. It’s got quite a jaunty score to help it along and it’s charming photographic quirkiness makes it worth a watch.