VIVE LA FRANCE
by Michaël Youn
synopsis
Muzafar and Feruz are two good-hearted shepherds from Taboulistan... a tiny country in Central Asia that no one has ever heard of. In order to bring his country into the international limelight, the son of the Tabouli president decides to try terror "advertising" and entrusts the two shepherds, more naive than evil, with the mission of a lifetime: destroying the Eiffel Tower! To meet their objective, they have to move through the most hostile territory imaginable: France! A France far different from the West they had heard described: Corsican nationalists, over-zealous policemen, dishonest taxi drivers, violent sports fans, crabby employees, unfriendly waiters, Kafkaesque administrations and medical malpractice... they are spared nothing. Luckily they meet Marianne, a young and pretty reporter who mistakes them for illegal aliens and helps shows them another face of France... a hospitable, magnificent and generous land where the living is easy. Vive la France!
international title: | Vive la France |
original title: | Vive la France |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Gaumont |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michaël Youn |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | FR 20/02/2013, BE 20/02/2013, HR 16/05/2013, GR 04/07/2013, DE 31/10/2013, HU 26/12/2013 |
screenplay: | Michaël Youn, Dominique Gauriaud, Jurij Prette |
cast: | José Garcia, Michaël Youn, Isabelle Funaro, Ary Abittan, Jérôme Commandeur, Vincent Moscato, Guilaine Londez |
cinematography by: | Stéphane Le Parc |
film editing: | Sandro Lavezzi, Nicolas Trembasiewicz |
art director: | Pierre Quefféléan |
costumes designer: | Olivier Bériot |
producer: | Alain Goldman |
production: | Légende, Gaumont, Makayel, France 3 Cinéma |
distributor: | Gaumont Distribution, Victory Productions, Polyband |