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Emmanuelle Bercot (writer)
Jérôme Tonnerre (writer)
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16 November 2005 (France) more
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An adolescent groupie (Isild Le Besco) zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol (Emmanuelle Seigner) after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture. | add synopsis
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2 wins & 2 nominations more
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'Backstage' - of idols and monsters more (5 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Emmanuelle Seigner | ... | Lauren Waks |
 | Isild Le Besco | ... | Lucie |
| Noémie Lvovsky | ... | Juliette |
| Valéry Zeitoun | ... | Seymour |
| Samuel Benchetrit | ... | Daniel |
| Édith Le Merdy | ... | Marie-Line, la mère de Lucie (as Edith Le Merdy) |
| Jean-Paul Walle Wa Wana | ... | Jean-Claude, le garde du corps |
 | Mar Sodupe | ... | Nanou |
| Lise Lamétrie | ... | La femme de chambre |
| Claude Duneton | ... | Le père de Lauren |
| Joëlle Miquel | ... | Une fan |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Aurore Auteuil | ... | Pamela |
| Yousef Baghdary | ... | Stéphane |
| Alain Berlioux | ... | L'amant de Lauren |
| Patrick Blanchais | ... | L'ingénieur son studio |
| Julien Bossé | ... | Appearing |
| Léna Breban | ... | L'assistante de Backstage |
| Benjamin Bur | ... | Un fan |
| Elya Carle | ... | Le bébé |
| Stéphane Chapey | ... | Le vigile |
| Fulvia Collongues | ||
| Juste Duvernoy | ... | Un fan |
| Marthe Guerin | ... | Une fan |
| Anne-Lise Heimburger | ||
 | Sandy Lakdar | ||
| Tassadit Mandi | ... | La gardienne |
| Laurent Marimbert | ... | Le réalisateur studio |
| Nicolas Maury | ... | Un fan |
| Morgane Polanski | ... | La fan en larmes |
| Inna Revue | ... | La stagiaire |
| Nemo Schiffman | ... | Dylan |
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USA:112 min | Argentina:115 min | Canada:115 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:12 | Argentina:16
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Love Is Blindness more
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Emmanuelle Bercot - popular in France, little-known in the U.S. - may make a name for herself with "Backstage," opening today [1/5] at the Embarcadero Cinemas.
In this film she directed last year, a teenage groupie's fantasy comes true, turns into a nightmare, then resolved with a bizarre and chilling double-cross, in relentless action that often borders on melodrama.
If Bercot did nothing else except cast Isild Le Besco to play Lucie, the true believer in Lauren, a Blondie/Céline-like pop star (Emmanuelle Seigner), she would deserve much credit. Lucie is totally obsessed with Lauren - her room a shrine to the singer, every word of her songs memorized and internalized - and Le Besco makes the character scarily believable.
A veteran of 32 movies, the 24-year-old actress has the face and temperament of a chameleon, she is far from "Hollywood-pretty," but has a mesmerizing presence. It's high time American audiences get to see her. Le Besco's "strangeness, raw presence, combining a child's gentleness with the disturbing qualities of madness" (in Bercot's words) make an indelible impression.
Fan and star cross paths, and the monstrous diva brings the often catatonic idolater into her dysfunctional, chaotic life. All the power is on one side in this relationship, and yet - shades of "All About Eve"! - Lucie gets her way unexpectedly at times. A large, capable cast rounds out what is essentially a duet for the two women.
Without lecturing or preaching, Bercot unmasks ugly aspects of celebrity worship. Her script for the film ranges from pedestrian to insightful. As so many movies today, "Backstage" suffers from the lack of a decisive editor, overstaying its welcome by running almost two hours. It may remain unrated, but the realistic/intimate depiction of the pop star's life definitely puts it in the "R"-plus range.