Guy (2018 film)

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Guy
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Directed by Alex Lutz
Written byAnaïs Deban
Alex Lutz
Thibault Ségouin
Produced byOury Milshtein
Starring Alex Lutz
Tom Dingler
Pascale Arbillot
Nicole Calfan
Dani
Élodie Bouchez
Edited byAlexandre Donot
Alexandre Westphal
Music byVincent Blanchard
Romain Greffe
Distributed by StudioCanal
Release dates
  • 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)(Cannes Film Festival)
  • 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)(France)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3 million [1]
Box office$1.3 million [2]

Guy is a 2018 French comedy film directed, written and starring Alex Lutz.

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This is a mockumentary of a 73-year-old French pop singer, "Guy Jamet" (Alex Lutz), whose heyday was three or more decades ago, touring to promote a new album of covers. Pretending to film a documentary about him is Gauthier (Tom Dingler), who suspects Guy may be his biological father based on a letter written by his recently deceased mother that he (Gauthier) discovered. Guy is a "compilation of a number of classic" French crooners, and the film is made up of interviews by Gauthier of Guy with references to French TV shows and personalities. These are interrupted by performances of Guy's soft, sentimental pop songs before enthusiastic audiences during his tour. [3]

Cast

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter considered Guy to be "A sparkling, ironic salute to age and passing time". [3]

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References

  1. "Guy (2018) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. "Guy (2018)". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  3. 1 2 Young, Deborah (17 May 2018). "'Guy': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 March 2021.