Willy 1er

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Willy 1er
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLudovic Boukherma
Zoran Boukherma
Marielle Gautier
Hugo P. Thomas
Written byLudovic Boukherma
Zoran Boukherma
Marielle Gautier
Hugo P. Thomas
Produced byPierre-Louis Garnon
Frédéric Jouve
StarringDaniel Vannet
Noémie Lvovsky
Romain Léger
CinematographyThomas Rames
Edited byXavier Sirven
Héloïse Pelloquet
Music byHugo P. Thomas
Sofiane Kadi
Production
companies
Les Films Velvet
Baxter Films
Distributed byUFO Distribution
Release dates
  • 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (France)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$500,000[1]
Box office$77.000[2]

Willy 1er is a 2016 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier and Hugo P. Thomas. The film centres on a 50-year-old man who, after the death of his twin brother, leaves his parents' house for the first time to settle in a nearby village.[3][4] The film was awarded the Prix d'Ornano-Valenti for outstanding first film at the 2016 Deauville American Film Festival.[5]

Cast

  • Daniel Vannet as Willy / Michel
  • Noémie Lvovsky as Catherine
  • Romain Léger as Willy II
  • Robert Follet as Willy's father
  • Geneviève Plet as Willy's mother
  • Eric Jacquet as José
  • Alexandre Jacques as Brice
  • Léa Viller as Chloé
  • Catherine Lefrançois as Sandrine

References

  1. ^ ""Willy 1er", film "do it yourself" sorti de l'école Besson". Next.liberation.fr. 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Willy 1er". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cannes: ACID unveils 2016 showcase". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Willy 1er: the other, that misfit". Cineuropa.org. 13 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Willy the First". Festival-deauville.com.

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