Qui c'est les plus forts?
| Qui c'est les plus forts ? | |
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| Directed by | Charlotte de Turckheim |
| Screenplay by | Charlotte de Turckheim |
| Based on | the play Sunderland by Clément Koch |
| Produced by | Philippe Carcassonne Richard Pezet |
| Starring | Alice Pol Audrey Lamy Grégory Fitoussi |
| Cinematography | Dominique Bouilleret |
| Edited by | Noémie Azul Loeve Florent Vassault |
| Music by | Polérik Rouvière |
Production company | Ciné@ |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| 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
- Alice Pol as Sam
- Audrey Lamy as Céline
- Bruno Sanches as Dylan
- Anna Lemarchand as Kim
- Grégory Fitoussi as Paul
- Julia Piaton as Pépin
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Madame Galacher
- Catherine Hosmalin as Solange
- Daniel Lobé as Gordon
- Barbara Bolotner as Valou
- Émilie Gavois-Kahn as Employment Center hostess
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
- ↑ "Qui c\'est les plus forts ? (2015)- JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ "You'll Never Walk Alone".
- 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
- 1 2 3 Qui c'est les plus forts ?, Télérama
- 1 2 3 Qui c'est les plus Forts ?, Premiere
- ↑ "Loire. « Qui c'est les plus forts ? » : pour les Stéphanois, le film évite les clichés" (in French). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Loire. Charlotte de Turckheim tourne à Saint-Chamond avant Geoffroy-Guichard". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- 2015 films
- 2015 French-language films
- French gay-related films
- French comedy-drama films
- Films set in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Films shot in Saint-Étienne
- Films shot in Loire (department)
- Films about surrogacy
- 2015 comedy-drama films
- 2010s LGBTQ-related comedy-drama films
- 2015 LGBTQ-related films
- 2015 French films
- French pregnancy films
- French-language comedy-drama films
- 2010s French film stubs
- LGBTQ-related comedy-drama film stubs
- 2010s LGBTQ-related comedy film stubs
- 2010s LGBTQ-related drama film stubs
