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Jean-Philippe

2006 · 90 min

A gentle, funny what-if fantasy that coasts on charm and one fan's earnest devotion to a music he can't imagine losing.

Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez
Tagline
What if Johnny had never existed...
Overview
A bourgeois office drone whose raison d'être is the music of French rocker Johnny Hallyday awakens one day in an alternate universe where the famed musician never recorded a single song. When he’s not at the office dutifully plugging-away, Fabrice lives a deadly dull life.

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Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • music
  • friendship
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Written by
Laurent Tuel, Christophe Turpin
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez, Antoine Duléry, Élodie Bollée, Olivier Gueritée, Jackie Berroyer, Caroline Cellier
Music
André Manoukian
Cinematography
Catherine Pujol
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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