Cow-Boy (2007)

Director:

Benoît Mariage

Writer:

Benoît Mariage

Release Date:

5 December 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Daniel Piron
Gilbert Melki	...	Tony Sacchi
François Damiens	...	Franz
Julie Depardieu	...	Christelle Piron
Bouli Lanners	...	Debaest
Jean-Marie Barbier	...	Jef - le preneur de son
Geneviève Grzelczyk	...	Gisèle
Christine d'Argenton	...	Lyliane
Olivier Gourmet	...	Himself / En personne
Philippe Nahon	...	Le borgne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Larcin	...	Otage
Toio Piazza
Marcel Toussaint

Directed by
Benoît Mariage

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Benoît Mariage

Produced by
Dominique Janne	....	supervising producer
Genevieve Lemal	....	executive producer
Alexandre Lippens	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Philippe Guilbert

Film Editing by
Philippe Bourgueil

Casting by
Michael Bier
Michaël Bier

Production Design by
Françoise Joset

Art Direction by
Françoise Joset

Makeup Department
Corinne Maillard	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Aurore Benoît	....	assistant unit manager
Alice De Vestele	....	assistant unit manager
Dimitri Linder	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Valérie Tristan	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ravit Bechor	....	assistant art director
Smygol	....	construction coordinator
Nicolas Vrancken	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Rainier Buidin	....	sound recordist
Anne Frey	....	sound editor
Jean-Stephane Garbe	....	boom operator
Thomas Gastinel	....	boom operator
Aline Gavroy	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Olivier Hespel	....	sound recordist
Franco Piscopo	....	sound mixer
Ingrid Simon	....	dialogue editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Fanny Chausson	....	second assistant camera
Julien Covens	....	grip
Romain Gouillard	....	grip
David Lamberta	....	electrician
Gunther Schockaert	....	electrician
Sébastien Tran	....	second assistant camera
Cyran Van Den Hove	....	electrician
Bruno Verstraete	....	gaffer
Zoé Vink	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Fournier	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Marc Bastien	....	additional editor
Séverine Cava	....	assistant editor
Valérie Le Docte	....	assistant editor
Yannick Leroy	....	additional editor

Transportation Department
Nicolas De Zuttere	....	production driver

Other crew
Héloïse Moreau	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• K2 SA
• K-Star
• K2
• SCOPE Invest

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Belgium:96 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium

Company:

K2 SA

A good subject, a poor film

First, I was very excited and could'nt wait to go and see that film. Mainly because I found "Les convoyeurs attendent" an unexpectedly poetic and funny film, , and there was also some kind of despair in it, and I loved it. But in Cow-Boy, despite some honest moments, and good actors, some incredible faces, the film fakes to bring me along into the story. I think that the subject (a man realises that his life is dramatically different from his dreamed life, that he turned his back to what he believed in) is to big for the means of the director. You have to be very subtle to deal with ideology in cinema. It's a total failure on that matter. What I liked a bit more is the film maker attempt to portrait the nervous breakdown of the main character. But everything is to cliché, especially the wife. At the end of the film, you have the feeling that it should begin where it's ending. I hope Benoit Marriage will do better next time.