Les gaous (2003)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Igor Sekulic

Writers:

Jean-Marie Poiré (writer)
Rodolphe Sand (writer)

Release Date:

30 November 2003 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They know nothing, they own nothing but they'll try anything

Plot:

A young boy from the south of France falls madly in love with a posh Parisian girl and follows her for crazy adventures to the big city.

Plot Keywords:

Footsie Under The Table | Paris France | Périgord

Cast

Matthias Van Khache	...	Maurice
Hervé Lassïnce	...	Benoît
Richard Bohringer	...	François Bricard
Jean-Marie Bigard	...	Dédé
Mareva Galanter	...	Pénélope
Ticky Holgado	...	Jojo
Elise Perrier	...	Julie
Richaud Valls	...	Guillaume
Stéphane Soo Mongo	...	Samir
Stanislas Crevillén	...	Philippe Bricard
Cyrielle Clair	...	Mme Bricard
Sandrine Molaro	...	Christiane
Régis Laspalès	...	Michel
Philippe Chevallier	...	Docteur Cordier
Charlotte Julian	...	Odette

Also Known As:

Die Vollchaoten (Germany) (DVD title)
Jeunes, beaux... mais détraqués (France) (working title)
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:92 min

Country:

France | Germany | UK

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hungary:14

Filming Locations:

Dordogne, France

Company:

Comédie Star

Trivia:

Ticky Holgado's last movie.

Soundtrack:

Yo Afro

Hilarious fast paced wicked teenage comedy

This a very baroque teenage comedy, with more ambition that the genre usually allows. I guess it should appeal to people between 15 and 35 years old, because it includes details than someone who's grown up in the 80's would catch too. The spirit is neo-punk, fast and provocative, extreme, in the picture and in the music too, which mixes a classical score with pop punk and reggae. The camera is all over the place, the set ups and the camera angles are varied which creates a feeling of energy and pace; the scenes end before you get the chance to ever get bored. If you don't particularly like one character, he's gone before you can realise you don't like him. The story is a classical fish out of water story in which two boys from the countryside chase an aggressive Parisian and his girlfriend in Paris to make them pay for the damage they have done in their village when they stopped by accidentally while on holidays. And of course one of the boys seduces the girl. But more than anything they really shake the bourgeois Parisian world with their naive stubbornly happy energy, although everybody works hard to put them down, humiliate and crush them, with the notable exception of several black teenagers who help them out and to whom they owe their survival. Locations are beautiful in the countryside and in Paris. Actors are outstanding, especially the young hairdresser, re-mindful of a young Jim Carrey. A milestone in the history of teenage comedy, not to be missed under any circumstances. Pure entertainment for open minded humour and rock music freaks.