''Brice de Nice'' (, ) is a 2005 French
surreal comedy
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drama film
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directed by
James Huth
James Huth (born 29 August 1947 in Sutton, Greater London) is an English-born French film director, screenwriter and producer, mostly known for his collaborations with actor Jean Dujardin
Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French ...
, written by Huth,
Jean Dujardin
Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series ...
, and Karine Angeli, and starring Dujardin. It is set in France, centering on the character Brice from Nice ("Brice de Nice") originally created by Dujardin for a stage sketch. A sequel to the film, ''
Brice 3
''Brice 3'' is a 2016 French comedy film directed by James Huth and starring Jean Dujardin, Clovis Cornillac, Bruno Salomone and Alban Lenoir. It is the sequel to the 2005 film ''Brice de Nice'', despite its name suggesting it is the third instal ...
'', was released on 19 October 2016 with the slogan "Parce que le 2, je l'ai cassé!" (which translates to "Because I broke the Sequel!")
Plot
Brice Agostini, a cocksure and wealthy but also child-like grown man with a ''
Point Break
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'' obsession, lives an idle life in Nice, spending his days in the sea with a surf board waiting for a wave. Even though Nice lies on a completely waveless bay on the Mediterranean Sea, Brice hopes that one day a tidal wave will hit as one did in 1979. In the evenings, he hosts massive parties in his luxury property where he defeats all challengers in "casse" (witty put-downs) competitions. He also likes to seduce women but does not appear to know what to do with them. He dreams regularly of finding love with a mermaid.
Reality hits when his father is arrested for money-laundering and all his belongings repossessed. His friends desert him and Brice - who can barely read - has to try his hand, for the first time, at making a living. He proves terrible at it, and after getting fired from a restaurant, attempts instead to rob a bank while wearing a mask of
Jacques Chirac
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in the manner depicted in ''Point Break''. He ends up in hospital, manacled to a bed, next to Marius, a motorcycle thief that he tried to get an escape ride from. Marius is equally child-like, struggling even to speak, and the two bond quickly. They escape in an absurd manner and steal a lorry belonging to the wife of Brice's father's lawyer.
Marius, believing Brice's endless boasts, drives him to
Hossegor
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where a surfing competition is scheduled. Marius begs Brice to take part and share the prize money with him as he needs it for an expensive operation: instead of feet, each of his legs ends with a giant single toe. Brice agrees, touched by his plight and also too embarrassed to confess that he has never actually surfed. In the days leading to the competition, Brice makes new friends thanks to his party animal skills, and clashes with the local champion, Igor. Marius meanwhile, who has stolen a surf board for Brice to compete with, is caught by the behatted saleswoman, Jeanne, who blackmails him into working on her boat. Jeanne's attraction to Marius scares him as he is terrified of his condition coming to light, but after Brice simply explains the situation to her, she shows Marius that his feet do not bother her, and reveals that she has equally freaky giant ears, which she normally conceals.
Brice's fantasies are finally quashed on competition day: he knocks himself out with his board on the first wave and has to be rescued. In a vision, the Bodhi character from Point Break tells him that "dreaming your life is not the same as living your dream". Brice apologises to Marius for letting him down but his friend has forgotten all about getting operated on and now plans to go sailing around the world with Jeanne.
In an epilogue, Brice now works as a humble beach cleaner back in Nice, but the freak wave he hoped for does one day turn up and he manages to jump into it. Regaining consciousness on the ground, he is joined by a female wannabe surfer dressed exactly like him who has missed the wave: Alice from Nice. She is the mermaid from his dreams.
Cast
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Jean Dujardin
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– Brice Agostini aka Brice from Nice
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Clovis Cornillac – Marius Lacaille
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Élodie Bouchez
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– Jeanne
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Bruno Salomone
Bruno Salomone (born 13 July 1970) is a French actor and comedian.
Theater
Dubbing
He gave his voice to the following movies in their French versions.
Filmography
References
External links
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French comedians
1970 births
People ...
– Igor from Hossegor
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Alexandra Lamy
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Early life
Lamy was born in Villecresnes, near Paris, but grew up in Languedoc-Roussillon. When she was six months old, her parents, Michel and Michèle, moved the family to La Grande ...
– Chantal the mermaid / Alice from Nice
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François Chattot
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People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
– Bertrand Agostini, Brice's father
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Mathias Mlekuz – Eudes Angellini, Agostini's lawyer
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Patrick Ligardes – Bank manager
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Isabelle Caubère – Josie
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Delphine Chanéac
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Career
Chanéac worked in the French cinema, appearing in European films and television in the late 1990s and 2000s. She is ...
– Marjorie
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Sabine Crossen
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Early life
Born in Béthune, Hauts-de-France, France, to an American father and a French mother, Sabine Crossen grew up in New Zealand before settling at age 20 in Paris, France where ...
– Mother-In-Law
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Antoine Duléry
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– Micky, the legend
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Jérémie Quaegebeur – Victor
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Sidney Wernicke – Nikos from Mykonos
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Julia Molkhou – Gladys, the queen of kiss
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Cyril Guei – Babakar from Dakar
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Eric Poulain
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– Surfin's broadcaster
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Lannick Gautry
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Theater
Filmography
External links
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1976 births
Living people
People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
French male film actors
French male stage actors
French male television ac ...
– Arnaud from Lacanau
*Priscilla Lopes – Natachatte
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Ludovic Bernard
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Filmography
References
External linksIMDb
Audrey Lamy
Audrey Lamy (; born 19 January 1981) is a French actress. She is the sister of the actress Alexandra Lamy.
Personal life
Audrey Lamy is Alexandra Lamy's younger sister.
Since 2008, Audrey is in a relationship with Thomas.
Filmography
Feat ...
The stars of ''Point Break''—
Patrick Swayze
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Keanu Reeves
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Lori Petty
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—appear in archive footage.
Soundtrack
Jean Dujardin performed the soundtrack of the film, "
Le Casse de Brice". The music video was shot and directed by J.G Biggs.
References
External links
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2005 films
French comedy films
Surfing films
Films directed by James Huth
Films scored by Bruno Coulais
2005 comedy films
2000s French films