Carrément à l'Ouest

Carrément à l'Ouest
Directed byJacques Doillon
Written byJacques Doillon
Produced byRichard Djoudi
Marin Karmitz (uncredited)
CinematographyCaroline Champetier
Edited byCatherine Quesemand
Music byDom Farkas
Dom Lemou
Jean Lemou
Production
companies
Distributed byLes Films du Losange
Release date
  • May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Carrément à l'Ouest is a 2001 French comedy drama directed and written by Jacques Doillon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Lou Doillon as Fred
  • Caroline Ducey as Silvia
  • Guillaume Saurrel as Alex
  • Camille Clavel as François, the student
  • Xavier Villeneuve as Xavier, Alex's brother
  • Hafed Benotman as Ben, François's friend
  • Joshua Phillips as Hotel clerk
  • Antoine Chain as Customer
  • Arthur Chain as Hotel bellboy
  • Aurore Giradolle as Girl in night-club
  • Hervé Duhamel as Cash machine customer
  • Hassan Dramé as 18 Arrondissement boy

Islid Le Besco controversy

In February 2024, French actress Isild Le Besco alleged that while she was trying to star in the film in the year 2000, Carrément à l'Ouest director Jacques Doillon attempted to sexually blackmail her.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Carrément à l'Ouest". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  2. ^ Forgar, Ségolène (9 February 2024). ""Il m'a embrassée de force" : Anna Mouglalis et Isild le Besco, les autres accusatrices de Jacques Doillon". Madame Figaro (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2024.


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