Bernie (1996 film)

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Bernie
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Albert Dupontel
Written by Albert Dupontel
Gilles Laurent
Produced byPhilippe Liégeois
Jean-Michel Rey
Starring Albert Dupontel
Roland Blanche
Hélène Vincent
Claude Perron
CinematographyGuillaume Schiffman
Edited byJuliette Welfling
Music byRamon Pipin
Noir Désir
Distributed byRézo Films
Release date
  • 27 November 1996 (1996-11-27)(France)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$2.2 million
Box office$6.4 million [1]

Bernie is a 1996 French film directed by Albert Dupontel. [2]

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Plot

It tells the story of Bernie Noël, a 29-year-old man who's been raised all his life in an orphanage in Paris' suburbs. He was found in a garbage can when he was only a few weeks old. His first name comes from the man who found him there (Bernie, the building's janitor) and his last name comes from the time of year when he was found (Noël, "Christmas" in French).

At age 29, Bernie decides to leave the orphanage to explore a world that he knows only through television and what his friends have told him. On his own, roaming a Paris-by-night hostile environment, he goes through several madly epic adventures searching for his parents, before eventually finding them and "saving" them from an imaginary government conspiracy.

This neurotic and maladjusted young man will bring mischief and mayhem in his trail, which will lead him and his loved ones to a dramatic conclusion...

Film info

Cast

Nominations

The film was nominated for the César Award for Best First Feature Film at the 22nd César Awards.

References

  1. "Bernie (1996) - JPBox-Office".
  2. "Bernie". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-06-28.