''Bernie'' is a 1996 French film directed by
Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up ...
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Plot
It tells the story of Bernie Noël, a 29-year-old man who's been raised all his life in an orphanage in Paris' suburbs. He was found in a garbage can when he was only a few weeks old. His first name comes from the man who found him there (Bernie, the building's janitor) and his last name comes from the time of year when he was found (Noël, "Christmas" in French).
At age 29, Bernie decides to leave the orphanage to explore a world that he knows only through television and what his friends have told him. On his own, roaming a Paris-by-night hostile environment, he goes through several madly epic adventures searching for his parents, before eventually finding them and "saving" them from an imaginary government conspiracy.
This neurotic and maladjusted young man will bring mischief and mayhem in his trail, which will lead him and his loved ones to a dramatic conclusion...
Film info
* Directed by : Albert Dupontel
* Story : Albert Dupontel and Gilles Laurent
* Dialogues : Albert Dupontel
* Production : Canal+, Contre Prod, Kasso Inc. Productions, Rézo Films, Ulysse Films
* Comedy (?)
* Running time: 87 min
* Country: France
* Sound: Dolby Digital
* Language: French
* Release :
* November 27, 1996 (France)
* January 8, 1997 ( Belgium)
* Rated: PG13
Cast
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Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up ...
: Bernie Noël
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Roland Blanche: Donald Willis, Bernie's father
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Lucia Sanchez: Maria
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Paul Le Person: Bernie, the janitor
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Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director.
Career
She made her on-screen debut in 1969, with the movie ''Pierre et Paul'', directed by René Allio. A couple of years later, she had roles in prominent produc ...
: Bernie's mother
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Claude Perron: Marion
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Roland Bertin: Ramonda
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Catherine Samie: Granny
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Alain Libolt: Dr. Clermont
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Pascal Ternisien: Edouard Clermont
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Emmanuelle Bougerol: Marie-Solange Clermont
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Philippe Uchan: Vallois
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Nicolas Marié
Nicolas Marié is a French actor and writer.
Theater
Filmography
Dubbing
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marie, Nicolas
French male film actors
Living people
20th-century French male actors
21st-century Frenc ...
: The Commissioner
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Éric Elmosnino: the salesman
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Antoinette Moya: the real-estate agent
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Michel Vuillermoz: the transvestite
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Loïc Houdré: the dealer
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Yves Pignot: the orphanage's manager
Nominations
The film was nominated for the
César Award for Best First Feature Film at the
22nd César Awards.
References
External links
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1996 films
French drama films
Films directed by Albert Dupontel
1996 drama films
1996 directorial debut films
1990s French films
1990s French-language films
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