''Rosalie Blum'' is a 2015 French

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

written and directed by Julien Rappeneau in his directorial debut. The film is based on a graphic novel series of the same name by Camille Jourdy. It stars

Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is best known for directing ''Camille Rewinds and Life Doesn't Scare Me,'' and for her roles in ''My Wife Is an Actress, House of Tolerance, Sum ...

Kyan Khojandi Kyan Khojandi (born 29 August 1982) is a French comedian, actor and screenwriter born to a French mother and an Iranian father. He is best known for playing the main character in the television series '' Bref'', which was broadcast on Canal+ f ...

and Alice Isaaz.

Synopsis

Vincent Machot lives an ordinary life, divided between his hair salon, his cousin, his cat, and his intrusive mother. With a very reserved character, his romantic life is limited to missed dates with his friend, who had been living in Paris for several months but was not keen to meet him again. By chance, he meets Rosalie Blum, the manager of a small business and a solitary and mysterious woman, whom Vincent is convinced he had met before. But where? Intrigued, he decides to follow her everywhere in the hope of learning more. Rosalie eventually notices that Vincent is following her, and asks her niece, Aude, an idle and lazy student, to help her watch Vincent. Aude invites her three whimsical friends to assist in her mission to discover more about Vincent. The team gathers clues, suspecting Vincent of evil and criminal intent. After this careful investigation, the characters' true natures are revealed, with their personal lives unraveled and the barriers between them removed.

Cast

as Rosalie Blum *

as Vincent Machot * Alice Isaaz as Aude Cerceau *

Anémone Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone ...

as Simone Machot *

Philippe Rebbot Philippe Rebbot is a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1998 and starred in several films including The Aquatic Effect, Une famille à louer and Northern Wind. Filmography Personal life In 2004, Rebbot met the actres ...

as The room-mate *

Sara Giraudeau Sara Giraudeau (born 1 August 1985) is a French actress. Career She grew up with two parents who were actors, and made her first on-screen appearance when she was only 10, in the movie ''Les caprices d'un fleuve'' directed by her father. In 20 ...

as Cécile * Camille Rutherford as Laura * Nicolas Bridet as Laurent * Grégoire Oestermann as Aude's father * Aude Pépin as Aude's sister

Filming locations

Most of the scenes were filmed in

Nevers Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

between March and April 2015. The end scenes were filmed in

Leffrinckoucke Leffrinckoucke (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. Heraldry Population Twin towns Leffrinckoucke is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: ...

in the

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the month after.Benjamin Cormier
Leffrinckoucke : Rosalie Blum, l'adaptation de la BD, en tournage
''La Voix du Nord'', 5 May 2015, page 8

Accolades

References

External links

* 2015 films 2015 comedy-drama films 2010s French-language films French comedy-drama films Films based on French comics Live-action films based on comics 2015 directorial debut films 2010s French films {{comics-film-stub