COUNTRY
France
PRODUCTION
Le Bureau, France 3 Cinéma
YEAR2025
DURATION102 min
WRITING Fabienne Godet, Claire Barré
CINEMATOGRAPHY Eric Blanckaert
MUSIC
Eric Neveux
EDITION Florent Mangeot, Florent Vassault
CAST Denis Podalydès, Salif Cissé, Clara Bretheau, Aure Atika
DISTRIBUTION Surtsey Films
INTERNATIONAL SALES The Bureau Film Sales
CONTACT surtseyfilms@gmail.com
SYNOPSIS Baptiste is a brilliant celebrity impersonator, but he can't make a living from it. One day he meets Pierre Chozène, a famous writer whose daily life is constantly interrupted by calls from his editor, his daughter, his ex-wife... Pierre, who needs peace and quiet to write his new novel, proposes that Baptiste become his "answering machine," impersonating him on the phone... But things get complicated when Baptiste gets too caught up in the character and starts making his own decisions.
Fabienne Godet
French director and screenwriter, born in 1964 in Angers. After studying psychology, she turned her humanist perspective to cinema. Her filmography is notable for introspective dramas such as
Sauf le respect que je vous dois (2006), the acclaimed documentary
Ne me libérez pas je m'en charge (2009) and
Une place sur la Terre (2013). Her style is characterized by deep social sensitivity and the exploration of human psychology.
FILMOGRAPHY
Si demain (feature film, 2020),
Nos vies formidables (feature film, 2019),
Une place sur la Terre (feature film, 2013),
Ne me libérez pas je m'en charge (documentary, 2009),
Sauf le respect que je vous dois (feature film, 2005)