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Being Blanche Houellebecq Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq

Guillaume Nicloux / France / 2024 / 88 min / French

Michel Houellebecq travels to Guadeloupe to take part in a look-alike contest, whose jury is chaired by Blanche Gardin. But unforeseen events plunge the duo into the heart of a bizarre intrigue... An ironic, wry take on political correctness and present-day taboos.

cast Michel Houellebecq (Michel Houellebecq), Blanche Gardin (Blanche Gardin), Luc Schwarz (Luc), Franck Monier (Franck), Françoise Lebrun (Françoise), Gaspar Noé (Gaspar Noé), Jean-Pascal Zadi (Jean-Pascal)

festivals, awards Buenos Aires 2024

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The third part of Nicloux’s trilogy of films starring the notorious author Michel Houellebecq and once again blending reality and fiction includes Blanche Gardin, a transgressive comedian and actress from the opposite political pole. Guadeloupe, where aspirations for independence have been brewing for decades, provides an explosive setting for ironic treatments of subjects such as slavery, racism, homosexuality and feminism. To borrow the French critics’ query: Is it really a film or simply a farce made by a delirious film crew? A good question, but we have the right to enjoy it whatever the case!

“Michel Houellebecq and Blanche Gardin are for me two sides of the same coin. Two very strong personalities who are politically and ideologically opposed, but who, from the start, have a common admiration. Michel really likes the comedian Blanche and Blanche really likes Michel's poetry, of which she performed L'Amour, l'amour on Arte.” (Guillaume Nicloux)

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