Whatever You Say (film)

Whatever You Say (original title: Mon idole) is a 2002 French comedy-drama film directed by Guillaume Canet and starring François Berléand, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Daniel Prévost, and Clotilde Courau.[3]

Whatever You Say
French theatrical release poster
Directed byGuillaume Canet
Produced byAlain Attal
Screenplay by
Starring
Music bySinclair
CinematographyChristophe Offenstein
Edited byStratos Gabrielidis
Production
company
Distributed byM6 Droits Audiovisuels
Release date
  • 17 December 2002 (2002-12-17) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.3 million[1]
Box office$2.8 million[2]

Plot

Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre) is the host of It's Tissue Time!, an exploitation television game show where contestants are made to cry. The show's audiences are warmed up by one of Letzger's assistants, Bastien (Guillaume Canet), an ambitious young man who provides Letzger with good ideas for the show, for which his boss eagerly takes credit. Bastien tolerates Letzger's antics in order to work with Jean-Louis Broustal (François Berléand), the show's sophisticated producer whom he admires. Bastien's girlfriend, Fabienne (Clotilde Courau), is frustrated by his worship of the suave producer. Bastien is equally frustrated when he finds out that the blonde he is attracted to at the office is in fact Broustal's young wife, Clara (Diane Kruger).

One day, Broustal begins to take interest in Bastien's ideas for the show, and invites him to spend the weekend with him and his wife at their country estate to work on a concept for a new show called Proof in Pictures. When they arrive, Clara quickly seduces Bastien, but Broustal does not seem to care. During the weekend, Broustal tells the young man that he can make him a television star, but the couple's motives seem strange, and possibly sinister.

Cast

Accolades
Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
César Awards Best Actor François Berléand Nominated
Best First Feature Film Nominated
European Film Awards European Discovery of the Year Nominated

References
  1. "Mon Idole". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fMONIDOLE01&country=FR&wk=2002W51&id=_fMONIDOLE01&p=.htm
  3. "Whatever You Say (2002)". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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