Baigneuses, Les (2003)

Director:

Viviane Candas

Writer:

Viviane Candas (writer)

Release Date:

22 January 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives of...

Cast

Jean-Pierre Kalfon	...	Lebel
Ann-Gisel Glass	...	Nana
André Marcon	...	Le clochard
Nadège Beausson-Diagne	...	Rita
Carolkim Tran	...	Kim
Grégory Fitoussi	...	Nico
Laurence Gormezano	...	Fame
Charlie Bazire	...	Justine
Aïssa Maïga	...	La soeur de Rita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emmanuelle Michelet	...	La gironde

Directed by
Viviane Candas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Viviane Candas		writer

Produced by
Humbert Balsan	....	co-producer
Paulo Branco	....	producer

Original Music by
Daniel Teruggi

Cinematography by
Jacques Loiseleux

Film Editing by
Claudine Dumoulin

Production Design by
Max Berto

Costume Design by
Christine Lamblin

Makeup Department
Christophe Giraud	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Frédéric Marboeuf	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-Louis Bouchaud	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Jean-Luc Bardyn	....	sound
Yves Servagent	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Frédéric Mainson	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Annie Pierre	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Karine Lecoq	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Gémini Films
• Ognon Pictures

Distributors

• Pirates Distribution (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• TLA Releasing (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2003) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

The Bathers (USA)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:-16

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gémini Films

well done ambiance movie, behind the doors of a sex-shop

The director shows a clear talent to create atmospheres, and develop a narrative out of what -at first- seems desperately casual. The whole movie is shot behind the doors of a sex-shop, except a few scenes. You are taken into a theatrical universe, where different streams collapse : the everyday life of the strippers coming to work, the strip-show and video rooms in the back of the shop, the front shop and the "customers" stepping in. All these are intermingled in the eye of the camera: the shop labyrinthal architecture (dressing rooms, cabinets, closets, corridors, mirror rooms); the showrooms exiguity (mirrored circular stages surrounded by private cabinets, pay-time shutters); the sexy videos and video-surveillance play-back... The director manages an absorbing, dark reverie. The acting is quite good. The "overdosed" character, played by Michel Kalfon, finally opens a way to dream and hallucination into the whole picture. Well done. 7/10