''Glowing Eyes'' (alternative title: Porn Theatre) (french: La chatte à deux têtes) is a 2002 French
drama film
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directed by and starring
Jacques Nolot. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2002 Cannes Film Festival
The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski.
The festival opened with ''Hollywood Ending'', directe ...
.
The film has been cited as a favorite by filmmaker
John Waters, who presented it as his
annual selection within the 2005
Maryland Film Festival.
Plot
In a decrepit Parisian porn film theatre, a fifty-year-old man and a young projectionist begin a tentative relationship, observed by the world-weary Italian-born cashier at the ticket booth.
Cast
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Vittoria Scognamiglio - Cashier
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Jacques Nolot - 50-Year-Old Man
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Sébastien Viala - Projectionist
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Olivier Torres - L'homme à la robe jaune
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Lionel Goldstein - L'homme à l'imper noir
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Frédéric Longbois - L'homme à l'éventail
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Fouad Zeraoui - L'homme qui a cu sa dose
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Jean-Louis Coquery - L'homme nu
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Raphaëline Goupilleau - SDF...
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Pascal Varley
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Arben Bajraktaraj
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Christine Paolini
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People
* Christine (name), a female given name
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* ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei''
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Matt Trahan
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Mark Duran
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* Finn ...
- Flic 2 (as Marc Durant)
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Frédéric Franzil
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- Gigolo
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Dominique Daguier
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- L'homme battu
References
External links
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2002 films
2002 drama films
French drama films
2000s French-language films
Films directed by Jacques Nolot
New French Extremity films
2000s French films
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