Libre et assoupi (2014)
Directed by Benjamin Guedj

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Sébastien has only one ambition in life: to do absolutely nothing.  He is ready to spend the rest of his days in peaceful contemplation on his comfortable sofa.  But these days if you do nothing you are nobody.  So, under pressure from his two well-meaning flatmates, Anna and Bruno, Sébastien decides that he must stir his stumps and do something - in moderation...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Benjamin Guedj
  • Script: Benjamin Guedj (dialogue), Romain Monnery (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Georges Lechaptois
  • Music: Mathieu Lamboley
  • Cast: Baptiste Lecaplain (Sébastien Morin), Charlotte Le Bon (Anna), Félix Moati (Bruno), Denis Podalydès (Richard), Isabelle Candelier (La mère de Sébastien), Jean-Yves Berteloot (Le père de Sébastien), Suliane Brahim (Valentine Caillou), David Baiot (Stéphane), Lou Chauvain (Delphine), Benjamin Lavernhe (Alexandre), Richard Guedj (Patrick), Jean-Michel Lahmi (Le directeur de Numéripro), Bernard Menez (Monsieur Lochu), Élisabeth Vitali (La veuve), Stéphanie Lagarde (Femme énervée jardin d'enfants), Philippe Uchan (Policier jardin d'enfants), Vanessa Guide (Jeannine), Dan Herzberg (Voleur musée 1), Mathias Maréchal (Voleur musée 2), Thibaut Evrard (Marco)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 93 min

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