- Actors: Karin Viard, François Cluzet, Judith Godrèche, Bernard Menez, Micheline Presle
- Directors: Tonie Marshall
- Writers: Tonie Marshall, Pierre-Erwan Guillaume
- Producers: Alain Peyrollaz, Emmanuelle Balestrieri, Fabienne Vonier, Gilles Sandoz, Olivier Bomsel
- Format: Anamorphic, Widescreen, PAL, Dolby, Subtitled
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 18 May 2004
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0000DZ6RC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 168,029 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: France has been married to Olivier for ten years now.Together, they have set up a TV-shopping channel - France Boutique - of which they are the two star hosts. A number of other people work with them: Estelle, an assistant host, naturally sexy, clear-sighted and hardworking; Yvan, another assistant host, torn between his inner nature and his eagerness not to make waves; Marcus, the director, brimming with enthusiasm for new ideas and the discovery of young actresses... But they are constantly repeating themselves, surprising each other less and less, even when alone together... As for the company, there has been a definite slump in sales. They find a partner, an Internet company managed by Sofia who has one goal in mind: driving them to bankruptcy to get her hands on their airtime. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Ceasar Awards, ...France Boutique
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Everything a comedy needs except laughs,
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This review is from: France Boutique [DVD] (2003) (French Import) (DVD)
Tonie Marshall's France Boutique is one of those French comedies that feels like an outline for a sitcom that nobody bothered to fill in. Francois Cluzet, looking at times uncannily like a Gallic Dustin Hoffman here, and Karin Viard are the couple behind a French shopping channel whose business and marriage are both drifting towards the rocks, with Nathalie Baye in one of her cameos as a smiling Rottweiller out to steal their business by conning them into offering a duff product, the `Fear Eliminator,' and picking up the network for pennies in the ensuing financial fallout. The characters all have comic potential - one presenter (Judith Godreche) stars in porn films on the side, a camp production assistant thinks his homosexuality is a big secret, a production designer is into radical art and the odd spot of S&M and a segment director thinks of his promos as cinematic art - but, aside from a memorable promo for a defrosting tile that prompts an on-camera existential crisis about a wasted life - it never delivers any payoff on them. Still, it's easy enough brain-off viewing and does have interesting production design full of primary colors and pastels.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Everything a comedy needs except laughs,
By Trevor Willsmer - Published on Amazon.com
Tonie Marshall's France Boutique is one of those French comedies that feels like an outline for a sitcom that nobody bothered to fill in. Francois Cluzet, looking at times uncannily like a Gallic Dustin Hoffman here, and Karin Viard are the couple behind a French shopping channel whose business and marriage are both drifting towards the rocks, with Nathalie Baye in one of her cameos as a smiling Rottweiller out to steal their business by conning them into offering a duff product, the `Fear Eliminator,' and picking up the network for pennies in the ensuing financial fallout. The characters all have comic potential - one presenter (Judith Godreche) stars in porn films on the side, a camp production assistant thinks his homosexuality is a big secret, a production designer is into radical art and the odd spot of S&M and a segment director thinks of his promos as cinematic art - but, aside from a memorable promo for a defrosting tile that prompts an on-camera existential crisis about a wasted life - it never delivers any payoff on them. Still, it's easy enough brain-off viewing and does have interesting production design full of primary colors and pastels that come over well in the 1.85:1 widescreen transfer with optional English subtitles on the French PAL DVD.
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT MOVIE,
By J. Solomon "SolomonArt" - Published on Amazon.com
We are big Tonie Marshall fans [she directed the Venus Beauty Institute] and this movie has all of the qualities she promotes in her films ... misdirected love .. love out of sinc.... great movie, and a great director. I strongly recommend this film.
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