Release Date: Oct 1, 2008 Wide
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Gallic actress-turned-director Josiane Balasko - a Euro cinema mainstay best known for her unconventional romantic lead in Bertrand Blier's 1989 Trop belle pour toi - helms and co-stars in Cliente, a quirky and offbeat look at the bittersweet life of a male prostitute, which Balasko co-adapted from her 2005 novel with screenwriter Franck Lee Joseph. Eric Caravaca stars as Patrick, a French hustler in his mid-30s whose path criss-crosses with that of infomercial actress Judith (Nathalie Baye) in
Oct 1, 2008 Wide
Feb 8, 2011
IFC Films
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...a lamentably misguided piece of work...
Me sygkratimenes ysteries kai kresento demena me empeiria kai sobarotita, i Balasko pantreyei tin galliki mpalafara tis me ena periergo misopsimeno kai misomasimeno koinoniko endiaferon poy se paei me skampanebasmata toy rythmoy kai ton synaisthimaton, me
In "Cliente," Judith(Nathalie Baye), 51, divorced, runs a successful home shopping business with her sister Irene(Josiane Balasko, who also wrote and directed) who is holding out for love with a man with an advanced degree. Judith is so busy that she has no time for a relationship herself, and instead has sex with
October 21, 2010Super Reviewer
I thought this movie was funny and surprisingly thoughtful. I found it striking that there are no bad persons in this flick, only real reactions to unusual situations. It would have been easier to vilify Marco or Judith, but the movie artfully avoids that and becomes infinitely more interesting.
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