Neuilly Yo Mama!
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Directed by | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière |
Screenplay by | Philippe de Chauveron, Marc de Chauveron |
Produced by | Djamel Bensalah Isaac Sharry |
Starring | Samy Seghir |
Cinematography | Pascal Gennesseaux |
Edited by | Jean-François Elie |
Distributed by | TFM Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $5.6 million |
Box office | $22.2 million[1] |
Neuilly Yo Mama! or Neuilly sa mère ! (French pronunciation:
A word-for-word translation of the film's title is "Neuilly his/her mother!". The title is a play on the vulgar French insult nique ta mère ("Screw
There is a sequel, Neuilly sa mère, sa mère!
Plot
Fourteen-year-old Sami (Samy Seghir) is a
Sami is made fun of by many of his classmates at school, particularly Guilain Lambert (
Sami and Charles decide to throw a party in their house, to try to win votes for Charles for the class delegate election. Marie comes to the party and has forgiven Sami, but before they can talk Malik and his friends show up to trash the house. Some friends Sami invited from Chalon (Shaiko Dieng and Pierre Louis Bellet), however, soon arrive, and with their help the partygoers give Malik a beating and chase him and his thugs away. Malik finds Guilain and, thinking Guilain set him up, gives him a beating that sends him to the emergency room. Guilain and his mother encounter Sami's aunt Djamila and uncle Stanislas at the hospital, and tell them that the beating was Sami's fault. Djamila, enraged, returns home and tells Sami she is sending him back to his mother.
Marie finds Malik and pays him to tell the school headmistress (Josiane Balasko) that he is responsible for Guilain's beating, however he refuses the cash and told her that he had already told the story to the headmistress. The Headmistress informs Djamila, and she forgives Sami. Charles wins the election with the help of a well-written letter to the class, and goes on to meet all of Sami's friends back in Chalon, urging them to remember his name and vote for him in the future. Sami stays in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and begins a romantic relationship with Marie.
Cast
- Samy Seghir: Sami Benboudaoud
- Rachida Brakni: Djamila
- Denis Podalydès: Stanislas de Chazelle
- Jérémy Denisty : Charles de Chazelle
- Chloé Coulloud: Caroline
- Joséphine Japy: Marie
- Mathieu Spinosi: Guilain Lambert
- Valérie Lemercier : Brigitte
- Marie-Christine Adam: Guilain's mother
- Farida Khelfa: Nadia
- Ramzy Bedia: Aziz
- Shaiko Dieng: Mam
- Pierre Louis Bellet: Jason
- Anne Duverneuil: Sophie Bourgeois
- Josiane Balasko: The director of Saint-Exupéry
- François-Xavier Demaison: Father Dinaro
- Armelle: Madame Blanchet
- Olivier Baroux: Monsieur Boulegue
- Booder: Abdelmalik ("Malik")
- Reem Kherici: Rislem
- Éric Judor: Table tennis player
- Julien Courbey: The sport teacher
Soundtrack
The film's title track was recorded by Faf Larage and Magic System.[5]
Reception
Cyril Perraudat, reviewing for cinema-france.com, gives the film a score of 5 out of 10, calling it "a pile of clichés" ("un tas de clichés") and saying it will not be remembered ("ne restera pas dans les mémoires"), although he praises Seghir's acting in the role of Sami.[6] Cine'Magic, in that blog's review, states that the film is boring and too "déjà-vu".[7] Marwan Chahine of Libération magazine, on the other hand, praised the film's political jokes and allusions to political personalities.[4]
References
- ^ "Neuilly sa mère (2009)". JP Box Office. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
- ^ ""Neuilly sa mère": Dans la misère des banlieues riches (Neuilly sa mère: in the misery of rich suburbs)". Le Monde. 2009-08-11.
- Rue 89. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ a b Chahine, Marwan (2009-08-13). "" Neuilly sa mère ! ", un Groseille chez Sarko (Neuilly sa mère: a Groseille [character from Life is a Long Quiet River] in Sarkozy's town)". Libération. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ "New single, Neuilly Sa Mère !". letssingit.com. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ Perraudat, Cyril. "Neuilly Sa Mère !". cinema-france.com.
- ^ "Neuilly Sa Mère ! (2008)". Cine'Magic. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-09-24. [unreliable source?]
External links
- Official website
- Neuilly Yo Mama! at IMDb