Lemming (film)
| Lemming | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Dominik Moll |
| Produced by |
Gilles Marchand Dominik Moll |
| Written by |
Gilles Marchand Dominik Moll |
| Starring |
Laurent Lucas Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Rampling André Dussollier Jacques Bonnaffé Véronique Affholder |
| Music by | David Whitaker |
| Cinematography | Jean-Marc Fabre |
| Edited by | Mike Fromentin |
| Distributed by | Diaphana Films |
Release dates | 11 May 2005 |
Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €5.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $793,518[1] |
Lemming is a 2005 French psychological thriller film directed by Dominik Moll and starring André Dussollier, Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Laurent Lucas. It was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Alain Getty (Lucas) is a Home Automation Engineer who accepts a job in the south of France and moves there with his wife Bénédicte (Gainsbourg). After three months, his new boss (Dussollier) invites himself and his wife Alice (Rampling) to dinner at Alain's house. They arrive late and create a scene with their marital problems and Alice is then despicably rude to Benedicte. Things go downhill from there, beginning with Alain's discovery of an unconscious rodent lodged in the S-bend of the kitchen sink.
When Alain pulls the animal out of the S-bend, it seems lifeless, but revives later. Bénédicte takes it to a veterinarian, who identifies it with some surprise as a lemming, a Scandinavian animal that does not live in France in the wild.
Alice, after an unsuccessful attempt at seducing Alain, turns up at his house in the day time and takes her own life. Alain and Bénédicte's idyllic home life begins to disintegrate.
Cast
- Laurent Lucas as Alain Getty
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Bénédicte Getty
- Charlotte Rampling as Alice Pollock
- André Dussollier as Richard Pollock
- Jacques Bonnaffé as Nicolas Chevalier
- Véronique Affholder as Francine
- Michel Cassagne as Le vétérinaire
- Florence Desille as L'infirmière
- Emmanuel Gayet as Le médecin de garde
- Félix Gonzales as Félix, le fils du voisin
- Nicolas Jouhet as L'employé des eaux
- Fabrice Robert as Bruno
Reception
The film is generally well received by critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 71% approval rating, based on 48 reviews, with an average score of 6.7/10. The site's consensus reads, "A creepy psychological thriller, with superb performances and natural tension flowing from every frame, Lemming is a worthy successor to Dominik Moll's With A Friend Like Harry".[3] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 65, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
Accolades
| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | |
| César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | People's Choice Award for Best Actress | Charlotte Rampling | Nominated |
References
- 1 2 "Lemming". JP's Box-Office.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Lemming". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ "Lemming (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "Lemming". Metacritic.
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