Ma petite entreprise (1999)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Pierre Jolivet

Writers:

Pierre Jolivet (writer)
Simon Michaël (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 1999 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Dans la vie, les emmerdes ça rapproche

Plot:

A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop leaves...

Plot Keywords:

Insurance Fraud | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Vincent Lindon	...	Ivan Lansi
François Berléand	...	Maxime Nassieff
Roschdy Zem	...	Sami
Zabou Breitman	...	Nathalie aka Nat
Albert Dray	...	Charles
Catherine Mouchet	...	Lucie
Françoise Sage	...	Catherine
Pascal Leguennec	...	Louis
Catherine Davenier	...	Marthe
Yoann Denaive	...	Christophe Lansi
Lokman Nalcakan	...	Ludo
Anne Le Ny	...	Madame Chastaing, l'inspectrice des assurances
Benjamin Alazraki	...	Benjamin, l'ouvrier stagiaire
Catherine Mendez	...	Sylvie
Simon Monceau	...	La contrôleur de l'URSSAF

Also Known As:

My Little Business (International: English title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | France:U | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Bac Films

Quotes:

Maxime Nassief: I can't guarantee anything.
Ivan Lansi: I'm used to it!

Soundtrack:

Ma petite entreprise

So much more than a comedy !

Pierre Jolivet is one of the most original filmmaker in French

cinema nowadays, and this one is not (just) one of his best, but

a stronghold in a carrier that defies categorization. His movies

are so typically French, insofar they are snapshots of French

society nowadays, that they'll surely never be eaten up buy

Hollywood. The characters are so vivid and believable that this

movie feels more like a slice of life than a movie without

falling into the "modern realism" or "social" cinema trappings.

Besides, cinematography and acting are both wonderful, as iin

Jolivet's own noir film "Fred" ; Vincent Lindon is a marvellous

actor. If you consider that each country has a right for its own

specificity without falling into nationalistic trappings, please

states that this movie is what late nineties France looks like ;

and if not, just for a great, superiously acted and very funny

movie. This one was Jolivet's biggest success in France since

the great "Force Majeure", and it really deserved it - as the

other one which didn't get it. Jolivet is a master that can only

be compared to Spain's Julios Medam and England's Danny Boyle.

Chec