Robert Mitchum est mort (2010)

Directors:

Olivier Babinet
Fred Kihn

Writers:

Olivier Babinet
Fred Kihn

Release Date:

13 April 2011 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Franky, an unemployed actor, is carried away by his manager Arsène, in a stolen car for what seems to be an appointment with Franky's idolized director above the Arctic Circle. |

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Olivier Gourmet	...	Arsène
Pablo Nicomedes	...	Franky
Bakary Sangaré	...	Douglas
Danuta Stenka	...	Katia
André Wilms	...	Le Texan / Ströller
Nils Utsi	...	Sarrineff
Wojciech Pszoniak	...	Le recteur de l'école (as Wojtek Pszoniak)
Ewelina Walendziak	...	L'étudiante polonaise
Maria Bock	...	La barmaid festival
Timothée Régnier	...	Le vendeur de voitures
Ulla Bogue	...	Momeuleu
Gilles Haezebrouck	...	Membre des Screamin' Kids
Cyril Haezebrouck	...	Membre des Screamin' Kids
Sarada Riefstahl	...	Membre des Screamin' Kids
Étienne Charry	...	Membre des Screamin' Kids
Magne Høyland	...	Le ranger
Bernard Lembrez	...	Le disquaire
Maciej Ferlak	...	L'inspecteur de police
Bartosz Glogowski	...	L'adjoint de l'inspecteur de police (as Bartek Glogowski)
Ireneusz Koziol	...	Le douanier
Janusz Chabior	...	Le réceptionniste
Eir Nilsen	...	Betty Page
Lou Viger	...	La fille sur la photo
Elin Lind-Olsen	...	L'employée du vidéo-club
Maja Neskovic	...	L'infirmière de Ströller
Jim Hansen	...	L'adjoint du ranger
Adam Wrobel	...	L'officier d'Europol 1
Mariusz Deda	...	L'officier d'Europol 2
Waldemar Bojarski	...	Le patron de l'Express Bar
Ewa Bojarska	...	La serveuse
Zofia Zborowska	...	Vendeuse station-service (as Zofia Zborowa)
Grazyna Daniel	...	Fan des Screamin' Kids
Katarzyna Matuszek	...	Fan des Screamin' Kids
Anna Kazmierczak	...	Fan des Screamin' Kids
Marcian Gawin	...	Fan des Screamin' Kids
Jacek Kwasniewski	...	Policier 1
Edward Skrzecz	...	Policier 2
Igor Alexis	...	Client chez le disquaire
Ken Samuels	...	Arthur
Mirabelle Kirkland	...	Madeleine
Aleksandra Wojtaszek	...	Voix Polar Circle (voice)
David Baudouin	...	Voix Polar Circle (voice)
Dawid Szurmiej	...	Recette de cuisine
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Grzegorz Kulikowski	...	Bit part

Directed by
Olivier Babinet
Fred Kihn

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Babinet
Fred Kihn

Produced by
Laurent d'Herbecourt	....	co-producer
André Logie	....	producer
Joachim Lyng	....	producer
Magnus Ramsdalen	....	associate producer
Dawid Szurmiej	....	producer
Igor Wojtowicz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Étienne Charry

Cinematography by
Timo Salminen

Film Editing by
Yann Dedet
Thomas Marchand

Production Design by
Pierre Pell

Costume Design by
Aneta Brzezik
Frédéric Cambier
Nina Erdahl

Makeup Department
Merete Torkildsen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Yannick Dupas	....	production manager
Jim S. Hansen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bertrand Delpierre	....	first assistant director
Julie Laugier	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Benoît Biral	....	sound re-recording mixer
Quentin Collette	....	sound mixer
Laurent d'Herbecourt	....	sound editor
Sébastien Jeannot	....	dialogue editor
Vandermeersch Thibaut	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Pierre Mazingarbe	....	assistant visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Mika Hietala	....	key grip: Norway
Christian Koblizek	....	gaffer

Music Department
Boban Apostolov	....	protools engineer
Laurent d'Herbecourt	....	music editor
Laurent d'Herbecourt	....	music mixer
Georgi Hristovski	....	sound engineer

Other crew
Espen Prestbakmo	....	location manager
Charles-Edouard Renault	....	legal counsel

Production Companies

• Ferris & Brockman
• Studio Agart (co-production)
• Panache Productions (co-production)
• Sweet Films (co-production)
• TPS Star (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Liberty TV Europe (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Eurimages (support)
• Polish Film Institute (support)
• Norwegian Film Institute (support)
• Région Ile-de-France (support)
• Agence Culturelle d'Alsace (support)
• FilmCamp (support)
• Procirep (support)
• Angoa-Agicoa (support)
• Tranquille Le Chat (co-production)
• Trois Lignes (co-production)
• Irène Production (co-production)
• Compagnie Cinématographique Européenne, La (co-production)

Distributors

• Big Bang Distribution (2011) (Belgium) (all media) (BBD)
• Paycom Multimedia (2011) (Spain) (all media)
• Shellac Distribution (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Shellac Sud (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Robert Mitchum Is Dead" - International (English title)
"Robert Mitchum est mort" - Belgium (French title) (imdb display title)
"Robert Mitchum nie zyje" - Poland (imdb display title)
"La muerte de Robert Mitchum" - Spain (Castilian title) (imdb display title)
"O Robert Mitchum einai nekros" - Greece (festival title)

Runtime:

France:91 min

Country:

France | Norway | Belgium | Poland

Language:

French | Polish | English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland

Company:

Ferris & Brockman

Loved it!

An excellent road movie with a quirky cast, an interesting story, cool soundtrack and very good cinematography. Some of the scenes I found myself wondering how anyone could not only conceive of this but also communicate it so beautifully in film. An insomniac French actor and his pill popping manager on their way to a film-fest in the Arctic Circle to audition for a legendary American director in a stolen car with a stowaway rockabilly musician in the trunk (Whew!). Throw in a cast-off femme from a Fellini movie and you have the makings of one very funny independent film. This movie though is not for everyone's taste. Could have easily been a tribute to Jim Jarmusch as it reminded me so much of one of his movies. All in all, it was one fun ride.