THE OVERATER
synopsis
Commissioner Selena is brilliant and inspires fear and respect in Marseilles. His only downfall is his obesity. A murder investigation leads him to a beautiful young woman, Elsa, guilty of the murder of her uncle. Selena will offer her a strange bargain: he'll keep silent if she promises to join him for dinner every evening for a year.
international title: | The Overater |
original title: | L’Outremangeur |
country: | France |
year: | 2002 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Thierry Binisti |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 16/07/2003, BE 19/11/2003 |
screenplay: | Tonino Benacquista, Xavier Maurel, Thierry Binisti |
cast: | Eric Cantona, Rachida Brakni, Caroline Sihol, Richard Bohringer, Jocelyn Quivrin |
cinematography by: | Dominique Bouilleret |
film editing: | Jean-Paul Husson |
art director: | Jean-Pierre Clech |
costumes designer: | Valérie Adda |
producer: | Jean-Louis Livi |
production: | F Comme Film |
distributor: | TFM Distribution, Victory Productions (BE), Agora Film (CH) |