La bostella

2000 1h 35m FR

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 19

Comedy

Synopsis

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Taking its title from a popular 1960s dance craze, this digital video comedy concerns the exploits of a particularly odd fictional talk-show host, portrayed by real-life French talk-show sensation Edouard Baer. Baer -- who also directed and co-wrote the film -- plays a sarcastic TV personality who decides to gather together the panel members from his live show before they shoot the program so that they have a chance to rehearse. To this end, the absurd group -- including a lawyer, a transvestite, and a grown woman who acts like a child -- rents a villa for a month. It doesn't take long for resentment to fester among the motley crew.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Édouard Baer
Edouard
Philippe Laudenbach
Jacky
Rosine Favey
Toune, Edouard's mother
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Gilles
Jean-Michel Lahmi
Jean-Mi
Pierre-Louis Lanier
Jef
Joseph Malerba
Jo
Sonia Mankaï
Karima

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Édouard Baer
Writers: Fabrice Roger-Lacan, Édouard Baer

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ERA

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

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Édouard Baer, shot by Laurent Machuel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Julien Baer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Édouard Baer and Philippe Laudenbach and Rosine Favey carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0216590 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Édouard Baer directs. Laurent Machuel behind the camera. Julien Baer scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Édouard Baer, shot by Laurent Machuel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Julien Baer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Édouard Baer and Philippe Laudenbach and Rosine Favey carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0216590 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.