Just Like Brothers
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| Just Like Brothers | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Hugo Gélin |
| Written by | Hugo Gélin Romain Protat Hervé Mimran |
| Produced by | Laetitia Galitzine Hugo Gélin Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Starring | François-Xavier Demaison Nicolas Duvauchelle Pierre Niney Mélanie Thierry |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Massart |
| Edited by | Grégoire Sivan |
| Music by | Revolver |
Production companies | Zazi Films Stone Angels Direct Cinéma |
| Distributed by | Stone Angels |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3.9 million |
| Box office | $2.5 million[1] |
Just Like Brothers (original title: Comme des frères) is a 2012 French comedy film written, directed and produced by Hugo Gélin.[2]
Plot
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Cast
- François-Xavier Demaison as Boris
- Nicolas Duvauchelle as Élie
- Pierre Niney as Maxime
- Mélanie Thierry as Charlie
- Lannick Gautry as Vassily
- Philippe Laudenbach as Grandfather
- Florence Thomassin as Line
Production
At the end of the 2000s, Hugo Gelin planned to make a film but shortly before the shooting started, a distributor withdrew from the project. He then created a production company named Zazi films and started to prepare three movies, including Comme des frères. The story is partly inspired by the friendship between the 30-year-old film director and two of his friends, who are 20 and 40 years old. According to Hugo Gelin, this kind of "unusual friendship" is rarely adapted to the screen.[citation needed]
Comme des frères is dedicated to Jocelyn Quivrin, one of Hugo Gelin's best friends, who died while the film was being written. After this event, Hugo Gelin decided to make this film a comedy.[citation needed]
The amusement park scene was shot in September 2011 in Nigloland in the French departement of Aube. The park is renamed "Fifouland" in the film. Amongst others, scenes were shot in Corsica, in Aix-en-Provence, in Paris or even in Germany.[citation needed]
Music
The original soundtrack of the film is almost exclusively composed of songs from the band
Release
Before Comme des frères was released, the film's team promoted it between August and November 2012 in many festivals such as Lama (Corsica),
Critical response
The film received positive reviews from the written press. For Jean-Pierre Lacomme from Le Journal du Dimanche, this is a "beautiful road-movie". According to Paris Match, "the juvenile energy and the sincerity [of the movie] should involve even the more sceptical viewer". In Elle, Khadija Moussou talks about the "cinematographic surprise of the season."
The press particularly praised the actors. According to Jean-Pierre Lacomme, the "three comedians work well together". Paris Match talks about a "quartet of four comedians in a dainty harmony". For Khadija Moussou, "thanks to the clever and successful dialogues, these three are doing brilliantly". For Vincent Julé from the
Accolades
| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| César Awards | Most Promising Actor
|
Pierre Niney | Nominated |
| Best First Feature Film | Nominated | ||
| Lumières Awards | Most Promising Actor
|
Pierre Niney | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Comme des frères (2012) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
- ^ ""Comme des frères" : accords et désaccords d'un trio en deuil". Le Monde. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
External links
- Just Like Brothers at IMDb
