''Bernie'' is a 1996 French film directed by
Albert Dupontel.
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 months 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: Bernie Noël
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Roland Blanche: Donald Willis, Bernie's father
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Lucia Sanchez
LucÃa Sánchez (1969) is a Spanish-born French actress. She started her acting career in 1996 with '' Une robe d'été'' ''(A Summer Dress)'' directed by François Ozon.
She starred in ' directed by Yves Caumon with Bernard Blancan, ' directed ...
: Maria
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Paul Le Person: Bernie, the janitor
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Hélène Vincent: Bernie's mother
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Claude Perron
Claude Perron (born 23 January 1966) is a French actress.
Career
Perron appeared in the role of Eva (Nino's colleague) in the 2001 film '' Amélie'', and Marion in the 1996 film '' Bernie''. She also plays in the French TV series ''WorkinGirl ...
: Marion
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Roland Bertin: Ramonda
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Catherine Samie
Catherine Samie (born 3 February 1933) is a French actress and member (sociétaire, doyen) of the Comédie-Française from 1962. On 14 July 2011 she became Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor. She is a Catholic.Marnie Winston-Macauley, ''Yiddi ...
: Granny
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Alain Libolt Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
* Alain, a standard author abbreviatio ...
: Dr. Clermont
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Pascal Ternisien
Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
** Blaise Pascal, Frenc ...
: Edouard Clermont
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Emmanuelle Bougerol
Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the main character in the novel ''Emmanuelle'' (1959), created by Emmanuelle Arsan.
Character history
Emmanuelle appeared as the pen name of Marayat Rollet-Andrian ...
: Marie-Solange Clermont
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Philippe Uchan: Vallois
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Nicolas Marié: 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
Michel Vuillermoz (born 18 December 1962) is a French actor and scriptwriter.
Vuillermoz has appeared in more than 100 films and 40 plays.
In 1998, he received two Molière Award: Best Male Newcomer and Best Play for ''André le Magnifique''. ...
: the transvestite
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Loïc Houdré
Loïc or Loick is a male personal forename chiefly used in Brittany, in western France, and in the Breton community in French-speaking countries.
Origins
''Loïc'' is a Breton given name, based on ''Laou'', a Breton diminutive of Gwilherm or Gw ...
: the dealer
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Yves Pignot
Yves Pignot (born 31 March 1946) is a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1969.
Filmography
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
French male film actors
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: the orphanage's manager
Nominations
The film was nominated for the
César Award for Best First Feature Film at the
22nd César Awards
The 22nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1996 and took place on 8 February 1997 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by ...
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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
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