Nobody_Else_but_You_(film)

<i>Nobody Else but You</i> (film)

Nobody Else but You (film)

2011 film by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu


Nobody Else but You (French: Poupoupidou) is a 2011 French comedy crime mystery film, written and directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu.[3][4] It stars Jean-Paul Rouve as a bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story and hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, a local celebrity, whose life mirrors that of Marilyn Monroe, played by Sophie Quinton.

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It was released on 12 January 2011, in France, and on 11 May 2012, in United States. It grossed over $43,000 in the US,[1][2] and received positive reviews from critics, some of whom compared it favorably to Fargo, Twin Peaks and Laura.[5][6]

The film's titles (French and English) are references to the song "I Wanna Be Loved by You" sung by Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot.

Plot

Traveling to the village of his aunt to hear the reading of her will, David Rousseau, an author of crime novels, investigates the death of a beautiful young woman named Candice, an apparent suicide in Mouthe. As he investigates Candice's death, the plot of the movie reveals more and more similarities to the life and death of Marilyn Monroe. Rousseau refuses to believe she has committed suicide. Teaming up with a local policeman, he seeks to prove that Candice was murdered.

Cast

Production

The film was shot on 35 mm film stock in Doubs, France, including the church of the village at the center of the story, Mouthe. Additional filming locations in Doubs included the villages of Les Fourgs, Jougne, Malpas, Rochejean and Malbuisson.[7][8][9] Filming also took place in March 2010 at the Cité du cinéma in Joinville-le-Pont, located on the grounds of Pathé's former Joinville Studios. Filming then continued in Paris and the Île-de-France region.[10]

Critical reception

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 30 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.[5] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 63 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

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References

  1. "Poupoupidou (Nobody Else But You) (2011)". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. "Nobody else but You (2012) - Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. "Nobody Else But You". Unifrance.org. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  4. "Nobody Else But You". Thelondonword.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. "Poupoupidou, ou la "Marylin" de Mouthe". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. "Sous les caméras - La Terre de Chez Nous - Franche-Comté Belfort". m.laterredecheznous.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. "Un retour sur investissement". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  8. "Les coulisses d'un tournage à la Cité du cinéma". leparisien.fr (in French). 16 March 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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