Brice de Nice (2005)

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Karine Angeli (writer)
Jean Dujardin (original stage sketch)
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Release Date:

30 March 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.

Plot Keywords:

Mermaid | Nice | Surf | Mediterranean Sea | Riviera

Cast

Jean Dujardin	...	Brice Agostini, dit Brice de Nice
Clovis Cornillac	...	Marius Lacaille, dit Marius de Fréjus
Élodie Bouchez	...	Jeanne
Bruno Salomone	...	Igor d'Hossegor
Alexandra Lamy	...	Chantal la sirène / Alice de Nice
François Chattot	...	Monsieur, le père de Brice
Mathias Mlekuz	...	Eudes, l'avocat
Patrick Ligardes	...	Jean-Marie Guitera, le banquier
Isabelle Caubère	...	Josie
Delphine Chanéac	...	Marjorie
Antoine Duléry	...	Micky, la légende
Jérémie Quaegebeur	...	Victor d'Hossegor
Didier Menin	...	Le patron du restaurant
Xavier Boiffier	...	Mario, le serveur
Alexandra Fleischer	...	Catherine, l'infirmière
Eric Collado	...	André, le policier
Priscilla Lopes	...	Natachatte
Ludovic Bernard	...	L'homme-écureuil
Tom	...	Un enfant anglais
Shannon	...	Une enfant anglaise
Karine Lebris	...	Noémie qui pleure
Sissi Duparc	...	Sissi la guichetière
Sidney Wernicke	...	Nikos de Mykonos
Julia Molkhou	...	Gladys, la reine du kiss
Cyril Guei	...	Babakar de Dakar
Eric Poulain	...	Le présentateur Surfin'
Lannick Gautry	...	Arnaud de Lacanau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aurélie Amblard	...	Adversaire numéro 17
Raphaël Boyes	...	Le camionneur (as Francis Boyes)
Richard Darbois	...	Bodhi (voice)
Audrey Lamy
Samantha Timmerman	...	Femme Anglaise
Sabine Crossen	...	La belle-mère (uncredited)
Nicole Regnault	...	La gouvernante (uncredited)

Directed by
James Huth

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Karine Angeli		writer
Jean Dujardin		original stage sketch
Jean Dujardin		screenplay
James Huth		writer

Produced by
Eric Altmeyer	....	producer
Nicolas Altmeyer	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Philippe Piffeteau

Film Editing by
James Huth
Antoine Vareille

Casting by
Anne Barbier
Antoinette Boulat
Nathalie Cheron

Production Design by
Alain Veyssier		(as Alain Veissier)

Costume Design by
Sandrine Weill

Makeup Department
Sophie Harvey	....	key makeup artist
Bettina Keller	....	key hair stylist (as Bettina Miquaix Keller)

Production Management
Jérémie Chevret	....	unit production manager
Patricia Colombat	....	post-production supervisor
Laurent Coppola	....	assistant unit manager
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Gilles Monnier	....	assistant unit manager
Philippe Roux	....	production manager
Romaric Thomas	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ludovic Bernard	....	first assistant director
Christel Bordon	....	third assistant director
Maurice Hermet	....	assistant director

Art Department
Sarah Moudjebeur	....	art department assistant
Michel Rollant	....	property buyer

Sound Department
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	ProTools engineer
Guadalupe Cassius	....	assistant sound editor
Nicolas Dambroise	....	dialogue editor
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
William Flageollet	....	sound mixer
Daniel Gries	....	foley artist
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound mixer
Jean Minondo	....	sound recordist
Bridget O'Driscoll	....	supervising sound editor
Laurent Quaglio	....	sound designer
Julien Sicart	....	additional boom operator

Visual Effects by
Pierre Blain	....	Inferno artist
Thibault Deloof	....	digital artist
Thibault Deloof	....	graphic artist
Loïc Lepechon	....	marine director
Joyce Menger	....	visual effects supervisor
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects producer
Georges Tornero	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Sebastien Soudais	....	stunt double: Jean Dujardin

Camera and Electrical Department
Franck Barrault	....	electrician
François Bert	....	key grip
Olivier Dessalles	....	assistant camera
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Alain Herpe	....	first assistant camera
Philippe Houdart	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jean-Baptiste Jay	....	crane technician
Steve Moreau	....	second assistant camera
Yvan Quehec	....	electrician

Casting Department
Anne Barbier	....	extras casting
Samia Fadli	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Svetlana Vaynblat	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Alexandre Ayer	....	production assistant
Estelle Bault	....	script supervisor
Jérémie Boury	....	making-of director
Audrey Ciais	....	script trainee
Jean-Claude Pambe Wayack	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Mandarin Films
• M6 Films (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Ciné Cinémas (participation)
• Cofimage 15 (participation)
• Uni Etoile 2 (participation)
• Procirep (participation)
• Angoa-Agicoa (participation)

Distributors

• RCV Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording

Also Known As:

The Brice Man (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:98 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Germany:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Mandarin Films

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France : #109670

Movie Connections:

References The Party (1968)

great fun..,if well prepared

i found this movie to be excellent. naturally it is absolutely ludicrous and one can argue about the character not being realistic, but then it is a comedy. yet 1) i think it helps quite a lot if one has seen point break and can appreciate the notion of surfing and it being an ideology, a way of life to extract even more fun out of Brice. besides there are plenty of allusions to point break which you will miss or not regard as funny if you have never seen point break.

2) try to watch the movie in french (with subtitles if needed) and not as a synchronized version. i briefly checked out the German dubbing and it was horrible. a lot of the jokes are based on puns etc. and e.g. the "German Brice" came off as having a completely different attitude than the "French Brice"

all in all...a good, fun movie