Sitcom


1h 25m 1998

Brief Synopsis

Jean is the patriarch of a suburban French family, complete with wife in therapy, law student son and television-loving daughter. When he brings home a rat, the family undergoes huge upheavals. Sophie throws herself out of a window, is confined to a wheelchair and thus finds her sex life transformed

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Horror
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Fidélité Films; Le Studio Canal Plus; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
LEISURE; Alliance Releasing; Cinemien; Cts; Leisure Time Features; Mars Distribution; Mfa Filmdistribution Gmbh; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; New Yorker Films; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m

Synopsis

Jean is the patriarch of a suburban French family, complete with wife in therapy, law student son and television-loving daughter. When he brings home a rat, the family undergoes huge upheavals. Sophie throws herself out of a window, is confined to a wheelchair and thus finds her sex life transformed. Her straight-laced brother starts hosting orgies in his room, and their mother changes her ideas about parental responsibility.

Crew

Gai Assouline

Unit Production Manager

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Music ("Lettre A Elise")

F Bontempi

Song ("The Rhythm Of The Night")

Christophe Bourreau

Sound Effects

Herve Buirette

Sound Recording

Daniel Centur

Production Supervisor (Fidelite Productions)

Frederic Chopin

Music ("Prelude En La Mineur")

Olivier Delbosc

Producer

Antonin Dvorak

Music ("Serenade Opus 22")

M Gaffey

Song ("The Rhythm Of The Night")

P Glenister

Song ("The Rhythm Of The Night")

A Gordon

Song ("The Rhythm Of The Night")

Francois Guillaume

Sound Engineer

Carine Hazan

Production Supervisor (Fidelite Productions)

Mildred Hill

Song ("Happy Birthday")

Patty Hill

Song ("Happy Birthday")

Benoit Hillebrant

Sound Editor

Benoit Hillebrant

Sound Mixer

Guylaine Huet

2nd Assistant Director

Ronald Kirjner

Production Supervisor (Fidelite Productions)

Jacques T Lasry

Music ("Spheres" "Chants Designer Baleines" "Tellurique")

Yorick Le Saux

Director Of Photography

Gustav Mahler

Music ("Feirlich Ii (From 'Symphonie No 1')" "Langsam (From 'Symphonie No 3')" "Ruhevoll I (From 'Symphonie No 4')")

Jean-guillaume Mathieu

1st Assistant Director

Maureen Meyer

Script Supervisor

Marc Missonnier

Producer

Agnes Morlhigen

Makeup

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music ("Adagio Pour Cordes En C Mineur K 546")

Eric Neveux

Song; Song Arranger ("L'Attaque Du Rat Geant")

Eric Neveux

Music

François Ozon

Screenwriter

Dominique Petrot

Editor

Herve Poeydemenge

Costume Designer

Angelique Puron

Art Director

Paul Raoux

Production Manager

Albert Roussel

Song ("Resurrection")

Bruno Salvatore

Rat Wrangler

G Spagna

Song ("The Rhythm Of The Night")

Irene Toporkoff

Music Coordinator

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Horror
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Fidélité Films; Le Studio Canal Plus; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
LEISURE; Alliance Releasing; Cinemien; Cts; Leisure Time Features; Mars Distribution; Mfa Filmdistribution Gmbh; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; New Yorker Films; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States 1999

Released in United States February 1998

Released in United States January 21, 2000

Released in United States July 1999

Released in United States June 1999

Released in United States November 1998

Released in United States on Video April 7, 1999

Released in United States on Video March 7, 2000

Released in United States Summer June 18, 1999

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 11-22, 1998.

Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.

Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.

Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 26 - April 11, 1999.

Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 3-13, 1999.

Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999

Shown at San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 13 - June 6, 1999.

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.

Feature directorial debut for Francois Ozon.

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.)

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.)

Released in United States 1999 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 26 - April 11, 1999.)

Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999)

Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)

Released in United States January 21, 2000 (Nuart; Los Angeles)

Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 11-22, 1998.)

Released in United States on Video March 7, 2000

Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 3-13, 1999.)

Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)

Released in United States Summer June 18, 1999

Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.)

Released in United States July 1999 (Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.)

Released in United States on Video April 7, 1999