Babysitting (film)

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Babysitting
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Directed byNicolas Benamou
Philippe Lacheau
Written byJulien Arruti
Tarek Boudali
Philippe Lacheau
Pierre Lacheau
Produced by Christophe Cervoni
Marc Fiszman
Starring Philippe Lacheau
Alice David
Vincent Desagnat
CinematographyAntoine Marteau
Edited byOlivier Michaut-Alchourroun
Music byMaxime Desprez
Michael Tordjman
Production
companies
Axel Films
Madame Films
Cinéfrance 1888
Good Lap Production
Distributed by Universal Pictures International France
Release date
  • 16 April 2014 (2014-04-16)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.4 million [1]
Box office$20.3 million [2]

Babysitting is a 2014 French comedy film shot in the "found footage" style. It is directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau. The film is also the directorial debut of Philippe Lacheau which he co-wrote and also starred in along with Alice David and Vincent Desagnat. [3]

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Cast

Sequel

In January 2015, Universal Pictures confirmed that a sequel was in production. It was released in December 2015 and titled Babysitting 2 . [2]

Remake

it was remade by Iain Morris under production by eOne, Angry Films and Moonriver Content. [4]

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References

  1. "Babysitting". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ali Jaafar (January 6, 2015). "Universal Pictures' Local Language Strategy Pays Off In 2014". Deadline.com. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  3. "Philippe Lacheau s'affiche pour sa comédie "Babysitting"!". AlloCiné. 22 January 2014.
  4. "'Babysitting' English-Language Remake of Hit French Comedy Set for Big Screen". 2 June 2017.