Qui c'est les plus forts?

Qui c'est les plus forts ?
Film poster
Directed byCharlotte de Turckheim
Screenplay byCharlotte de Turckheim
Based on
the play Sunderland
by Clément Koch
Produced byPhilippe Carcassonne
Richard Pezet
StarringAlice Pol
Audrey Lamy
Grégory Fitoussi
CinematographyDominique Bouilleret
Edited byNoémie Azul Loeve
Florent Vassault
Music byPolérik Rouvière
Production
company
Ciné@
Distributed byWild Bunch Distribution
Release date
  • 3 June 2015 (2015-06-03)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$7 million [1]
Box office$1.1 million [2]

Qui c'est les plus forts? is a 2015 French film directed by Charlotte de Turckheim.

Background

The film is an adaptation of Sunderland, a 2011 play written by Clément Koch.[3]

Summary

Samantha, who works in a chicken factory in Saint-Étienne, loses her job.[4][5] She lives with her best-friend Céline.[4][5] She is also her little sister Kim's guardian and must find another job quickly or run the risk of losing her sister.[4][5] She meets Paul, a lawyer who would like to raise a child with his partner.[3] As a result, he asks Samantha if she would like to be hired as his surrogate.[3]

Cast

Production

Filming took place in the Loire department, including in Saint-Étienne, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Saint-Chamond and Planfoy. Some scenes were shot at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne.[6][7][8]

Critical reception

Reviewing it for Têtu, a French gay magazine, Paul Parant called it, "a perfect mix of seriousness and irony, at times leading to moments of genuine laughter."[3] He went on to highlight its "good acting and well-written script."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Qui c\'est les plus forts ? (2015)- JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "You'll Never Walk Alone".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Parant, « Qui c'est les plus forts ? », une comédie autour de la GPA Archived 30 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Têtu, 29 May 2015
  4. 1 2 3 Qui c'est les plus forts ?, Télérama
  5. 1 2 3 Qui c'est les plus Forts ?, Premiere
  6. ↑ "Loire. « Qui c'est les plus forts ? » : pour les Stéphanois, le film évite les clichés" (in French). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Loire. Charlotte de Turckheim tourne à Saint-Chamond avant Geoffroy-Guichard". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Geoffroy-Guichard : sur le tournage du film "Qui c'est les plus forts ?"". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2026.