From Behind

1999 1h 42m FR

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5.1

MID

★5.1TMDB · 29

Comedy

Synopsis

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Frédérique's mother has died recently leaving her the family stud farm. She's never met her father, doesn't even know his name. But she finds it on the back of an old photo. She sets off for Paris. She stays with her gay dancer pal Marc. Marc and friends decide to go to their favourite gay bar... but it's men only. So Frédérique becomes Frédéric, an effeminate gay boy... Frédérique follows her father. Pierre Arroux is an art curator - and gay. She introduces herself to him, but as Frédéric. So while Frédéric is quite an awkward young man and an embarrassment to his father, Frédérique is secretly meeting with her old boyfriend now living in Paris..

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Valérie Lemercier
Frédérique / Frédéric Sénèque
Claude Rich
Pierre Arroux
Dieudonné
Francis
Marthe Keller
Christina
Patrick Catalifo
Jean-François
Amira Casar
Anne-Laure
Didier Bénureau
M.Mulot
Alain Doutey
Le patient Français

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Valérie Lemercier
Languages: French
Countries: France

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1 / 5

ERA

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

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Valérie Lemercier and Claude Rich and Dieudonné carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0189475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Valérie Lemercier directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Valérie Lemercier and Claude Rich and Dieudonné carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0189475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.