Jeux d'artifices (1987)
Elisa and Eric are two teenage war orphans. They change their apartment on the outskirts of the city into a photo-studio to make a living, and they are very devoted to it. The two seem to live like heavenly beings without connecting to the outside world. Their only contact with the exterior is through Jacques, a loyal friend, but he also cuts himself out of any social life. The sister and the brother then take to get in touch with the world by Mrs Jean, a friend of their deceased mother with whom Elisa takes courses of singing. They live in harmony until a young man, whom Elisa falls for, eventually leaves with Eric for the USA and left her brokenhearted alone in France.
Director: Virginie Thévenet
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Myriam David as Elisa |
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Gaël Seguin as Eric |
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Ludovic Henry as Jacques |
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Andrée Putman as Ms. Jean |
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Claude Chabrol as Jacques' father |
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Éva Ionesco as Eva |
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Arielle Dombasle as Arielle |
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Étienne Daho as Etienne |
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Dominic Gould as Stan |
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Friquette Thévenet as Friquette |
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Farida Khelfa as Farida |
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Frédéric Mitterrand as The TV presenter |
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Virginie Thévenet as Chérubin |
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Swann Arlaud as |
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Christian Louboutin as Christian Louboutin |
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Tatiana Vialle as |
| Directing | Virginie Thévenet | Director |
| Editing | Rose-Marie Lausson | Editor |
| Art | Yan Arlaud | Production Design |
| Camera | Pascal Marti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Editing | Jacqueline Mariani | Editor |
| Art | Richard Cahours de Virgile | Production Design |
| Editing | Annie Marciniak | Editor |
| Art | Alexis McKenzie Main | Production Design |
| Sound | André Demay | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Claude-Éric Poiroux | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Friquette Thévenet | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jacques Thomas-Gérard | Sound |
| Sound | Jérôme Lévy | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gérard Valmer | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Geneviève Peyralade | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Virginie Thévenet | Writer |
| Sound | Pierre Donnadieu | Sound |