Coco (2009)

Director:

Gad Elmaleh

Writers:

Gad Elmaleh (writer)
Caroline Thivel (writer)

Release Date:

18 March 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A well-liked self-made man becomes a royal pain when he learns he has a heart defect. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Gad Elmaleh	...	Coco
Pascale Arbillot	...	Agathe
Jean Benguigui	...	Zerbib
Manu Payet	...	Steve
Ary Abittan	...	Max
Daniel Cohen	...	Mimo
Noémie Lvovsky	...	Brigitte
Gladys Cohen	...	Evelyne
Nicolas Jouxtel	...	Samuel
Léane Grimaud	...	Julia
Jacques Spiesser	...	Le préfet
Gérard Depardieu	...	Le cardiologue
Enrico Macias	...	Le tailleur
Armand Bengio	...	Le grand rabbin
Arthur Benzaquen	...	Le vendeur de chaussures
François Berland	...	M. Daumergue, le patron de l'hôtel coquin
Béatrice Costantini	...	La femme du préfet
Frederick Daniel James	...	Le rabbin tribunal
Charlotte Desgeorges	...	Patricia
Etienne Draber	...	M. Colfontaine
Paulette Frantz	...	La voisine d'Evelyne
Anne Haybel	...	Mme Colfontaine
Réginald Huguenin	...	Le ministre
Stéphane Jacquot	...	Le chef d'état-major
Alexandre Knafo	...	Lucas
Fariza Kraria	...	Mme Zamzem
Thierry Laurion	...	L'informaticien
Laurence Oltuski	...	Chloé
Ahmed Riyasat	...	Chandra
Alexis Sellam	...	Melloul
Catherine Salviat	...	La ministre du Budget
Isaac Sharry	...	Isaac
Roger To Thanh Hien	...	Le Chinois du Mouln Rouge (as Roger To-Thanh-Hien)
Li-Ting Huang	...	L'interprète chinoise
Mercedès Zarka	...	Tata Mercedès
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexandra Cheron	...	L'americaine
Eric Moreau	...	Le serveur classe mariage juif-bar vitjha (uncredited)

Directed by
Gad Elmaleh

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gad Elmaleh		writer
Caroline Thivel		writer

Produced by
Alain Goldman	....	producer (as Ilan Goldman)

Cinematography by
Gilles Henry

Production Design by
Jacques Rouxel

Costume Design by
Carine Sarfati

Makeup Department
Mathilde Humeau	....	makeup artist
Gérald Porcher	....	hair stylist
Miguel Santos	....	hair stylist
Linda Schwach	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production supervisor
Alain Mougenot	....	unit production manager
Jerome Pinot	....	unit production manager
Marc Vadé	....	executive in charge of production
Amandine Vallee	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Blais	....	assistant director
Véronique Labrid	....	first assistant director
Sandra Moreno	....	assistant director
Christophe Ronchet	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sheherazade Achour	....	art department assistant
Philippe Boulenouar	....	construction coordinator
Lionel Callari	....	property master
Pascal Chevé	....	plasterer
Jeanne dit Fouque Damien	....	graphic designer
Stephanie Laurent Delarue	....	first assistant art director
Thierry Deniau	....	set dresser
Antoine Dore	....	property master
Alexis Imbert	....	property master
Thomas Lechevallier	....	second assistant art director (2008)
Lisa Ternon	....	assistant set dresser

Sound Department
Charles Autrand	....	dialogue editor
Guerric Catala	....	assistant dialogue editor
Laure-Anne Darras	....	assistant sound editor
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mathieu Farnarier	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Baptiste Faure	....	boom operator
Jean-Baptiste Faure	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nikolas Javelle	....	supervising sound editor
Caroline Reynaud	....	assistant foley editor
Laurent Zeilig	....	sound

Special Effects by
Guy Monbillard	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Fabien Coupez	....	flame compositor
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Romain Leclerc	....	flame artist
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Gaston Marcotti	....	digital artist
Peregrine McCafferty	....	matchmove artist
Manuel Rais	....	digital compositor
Martial Vallanchon	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Sébastien Lagniez	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Brice Bailly	....	electrician
Kamel Belaïd	....	electrician
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Steve de Rocco	....	second assistant camera
Benoit Dentan	....	aerial camera operator
Steven Desbrow	....	camera operator: helicopter
Pierre-Hugues Galien	....	first assistant camera
Stéphane Germain	....	additional grip
Stéphane Ging	....	grip
David Koskas	....	still photographer
David le Mevel	....	electrician
Thomas Lerebour	....	second assistant camera
Grégory Mamou	....	camera operator: video
Pierre Michaud	....	gaffer
Anne Nicolet	....	first assistant camera
Adrien Onesto	....	video assist
Romain Ruiz	....	grip
Mathieu Szpiro	....	electrician
Frederick Vanard	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnès Beziers	....	costumer
Valérie Le Hello	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Ana Antunes	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Bruno Bertoli	....	conductor
Benjamin Caillaud	....	musical director
Cecile Coutelier	....	scoring assistant engineer
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Stéphane Reichart	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture car assistant coordinator
Charles Heidet	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Esperanza Casero	....	production accountant
Damien Clement	....	assistant location manager
Kristina Colic	....	payroll accountant
Danielle Dumanoir	....	production coordinator
Pierre-Hugues Galien	....	additional first assistant
Christophe Mahé-Menant	....	second production administrator (as Christophe Mahé)
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera
Céline Pupo	....	producer asst
Samuel Renollet	....	additional first assistant

Production Companies

• Légende Films (co-production)
• KS2 Productions (co-production)
• Studio Canal (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (DVD) (also Blu-ray)
• Impacto Cine (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Imovision (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Nova Cinema (2010) (Greece) (TV)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system

Also Known As:

"La gran fiesta de Coco" - Argentina
"Mais que o Máximo" - Brazil
"Mi gran fiesta judía" - Mexico

Runtime:

France:95 min | Germany:105 min (European Film Market) | Argentina:95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:A | Australia:M

Company:

Légende Films

Not great but I disagree with one of the comments

Yes I agree with the two other comments it is indeed not a good movie.

I have laugh twice during the movie, and without noticing the movie.

However, french cinema is far from dead like any countries very good and very bad movies come out. There are tonnes of good french movies that came out recently! Gad Elmaleh is one of the funniest comedians on stage, my favourite by far. Anyone that speaks fluent french should watch his shows they are amazing, I laugh all the way. This is why I took the risk to watch this movie beside disappointing critics, and they were right it is not a good movie and it is definitely not funny.

*** happens I am sure Gad will be the first one to admit that he did not do a great job with this one. I still have hopes for him!