''The Overeater'' (original title: ''L'Outremangeur'') is a

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French-language film directed by

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and starring former footballer

Éric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Cantona is credited as having made Manchester United a d ...

Plot introduction

Superintendent Richard Selena of Marseille Police, is a compulsive overeater. Obese and awkward, he looks like an ogre. The opening credits overlay a scene of childhood attachment, ending with a young girl being led away. We learn that memories of his girlfriend's death still haunt him. After a heart attack, doctors give him one year to live. As well as being traumatised by the childhood incident and feeling responsible for her death, he falls in love with a murder suspect, Elsa played by

Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni (born 15 February 1977) is a French actress and producer. She is married to actor and former professional association football, footballer Éric Cantona. Biography In 2001, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of whic ...

.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339482/ Fascinated by the young and beautiful Elsa whom Richard knows is guilty of murdering her uncle, Victor Lachaume, a leading ship owner of the port, he decides to play a game. He makes a proposition: that he will keep silent about his knowledge on condition that she comes to dine at his place every evening for that one year. Elsa accepts this ritual in spite of the perversity of the proposal.

Cast

Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Cantona is credited as having made Manchester United a d ...

: Superintendent Séléna *

: Elsa *

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: Marc Brisset *

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: Emile Lachaume * Caroline Sihol : Anne Lachaume

Production details

* music by

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This crime drama was made in 2003 in France and is 95 minutes long with English subtitles.

References

2003 films 2000s French-language films 2003 crime drama films Police detective films Films based on French comics Live-action films based on comics Fratricide in fiction French crime drama films 2000s French films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub