''Backstage'' is a French film directed by

Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Clément'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' premiered in competi ...

, released in 2005. It was screened in the Official Selection (Out of Competition) category of the

62nd Venice International Film Festival The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's ''Seven Swords'' and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical '' Perhaps Love''. The lineups were announced by the ...

Synopsis

Lucie, who is 17 years old, is an ordinary teenager and a fan of the popular singer, Lauren Marks, played by

Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French former fashion model, singer, and actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominate ...

. One day, Lucie's destiny leads her to enter into the life of her idol.

Cast

as Lauren Marks *

Isild Le Besco Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including ''Sade'' (2000), a French ...

as Lucie *

Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Life and career Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at L ...

as Juliette * Valéry Zeitoun as Seymour *

Samuel Benchetrit Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, scenarist, and director. Biography Benchetrit was born to a family of Romani, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. At age fifteen, he quit school to focus on photography. ...

as Daniel *Edith Le Merdy as Marie-Line *Jean-Paul Walle Wa Wana as Jean-Claude *Mar Sodupe as Nanou *

Éric Lartigau Eric Lartigau (born 20 June 1964) is a French director and screenwriter. Personal life His wife Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of ...

as the director *

Lise Lamétrie Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor *Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac, Maur ...

as the chambermaid *Joëlle Miquel as Gisèle

References

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* * 2005 films 2000s French-language films 2005 drama films Films directed by Emmanuelle Bercot French drama films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub