Stars 80 (2012)
Directed by Frédéric Forestier

Film Synopsis

Such is their enthusiasm for the music of the 1980s that Vincent and Antoine decide to create their own company, hiring out doubles of the stars of that colourful decade to the whole of France.  It starts out well enough but soon the business goes belly-up when the doubles get above themselves and begin making unreasonable demands.  Vincent and his friend are winding up their failed enterprise when, quite by chance, they come across a box containing a stack of singles from the 1980s, recordings of songs by musicians who were once popular in their day but have now been all but forgotten.  This gives the two friends a brilliant idea...

If they can get in touch with these faded divas and persuade them to make a big come back they may be on to a real winner.  Confident of success, Vincent and Antoine hastily set about looking up those pop stars of the eighties who, after a brief period of fame, have sadly fallen into obscurity.  It is not the most encouraging of starts.  Coaxing ageing musicians out of retirement is not quite so easy as the two friends had imagined.  But, with perseverance and a certain amount of brazen flattery, things soon begin to take off.  It seems that the 1980s are suddenly back in fashion - many of the concerts become an instant sell-out.  What begins as a mere nostalgia trip ends as a glorious commercial success...