BODYBUILDER
by Roschdy Zem
synopsis
Lyon. Twenty-year-old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years. When he arrives, Antoine discovers that Vincent, his father, runs a bodybuilding gym, and that he's training intensively for a bodybuilding competition. The reunion between father and son, who are complete opposites, is difficult and tense. Nevertheless, Vincent has to accept that Antoine will work for him in order to help him to get out of the mess he's made for himself. And Antoine will progressively learn to discover and respect the life his father has chosen.
original title: | Bodybuilder |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Roschdy Zem |
film run: | 104' |
release date: | FR 01/10/2014 |
screenplay: | Julie Peyr, Roschdy Zem |
cast: | Vincent Rottiers, Yolin François Gauvin, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Dominique Reymond, Roschdy Zem |
cinematography by: | Thomas Letellier |
film editing: | Monica Coleman |
art director: | Jérémie D. Lignol |
costumes designer: | Emmanuelle Youchnovski |
producer: | Pascal Caucheteux |
production: | Hole in One, Why Not Productions, Mars Films, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
distributor: | Mars Films Distribution |