Carrément à l'ouest (2001)
In Paris, where he wields his money scams, Alex has an unexpected encounter with two girls: Fred, who’s nothing to do with his world and who he falls for straight away, and Sylvia – sweet, but lonely, Sylvia. To test Alex, Fred devises a curious game of seduction. Like a character out of a Marivaux play, she toys with setting up delightful obstacles necessary to Love’s flourishing: Sylvia must seduce Alex, and Alex, must in turn, truly desire Sylvia. But Fred gets caught in her own trap. She falls head over heels in love with Alex. However, he no longer knows who to choose, all the more so now that Sylvia is falling in love with him, too. During an eventful night of confusion and intrigue, crazy laughter and tears, our threesome come to realize that what really draws them together is an emotional bond: true love.
Director: Jacques Doillon
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Caroline Ducey as Silvia |
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Lou Doillon as Fred |
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Guillaume Saurrel as Alex |
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Camille Clavel as François |
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Xavier Villeneuve as Xavier |
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Hafed Benotman as Ben |
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Joshua Phillips as Hotel clerk |
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Antoine Chain as Customer |
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Arthur Chain as Hotel bellboy |
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Aurore Girodolle as Girl in night club |
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Hervé Duhamel as Cash machine customer |
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Hassan Dramé as 18 arrondissement boy |
| Directing | Jacques Doillon | Director |
| Production | Richard Djoudi | Producer |
| Sound | Dom Farkas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dom Lemou | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lola Doillon | Casting |
| Production | Emmanuelle Gaborit | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mic Cheminal | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre Chavialle | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mika Korkida | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Salim Amrani | Sound |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Duret | Sound |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jonathan Liebling | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Frédéric Ullmann | Sound |
| Writing | Jacques Doillon | Writer |
| Sound | Frédéric Ullmann | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Catherine Quesemand | Editor |
| Sound | Jean Lemou | Music |
| Camera | Caroline Champetier | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ophélie Gelber | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lola Doillon | First Assistant Director |