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Le daim (Original title)Deerskin (Alternative title)
Date: 2019 (Copyright)

Countries: France, Belgium, Switzerland

Director: Quentin Dupieux

Synopsis: Satirical drama. Rejected by his wife, Georges travels to a country town where he buys a deerskin jacket and a video camera. Posing as a filmmaker, he attracts the attention of Denise, who begins editing the footage he shoots. But Georges, deranged, becomes ever more obsessed with his dream jacket and may even be prepared to kill over it.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Jackets, Obsessive behaviour, Materialism, Mental disorders
Releases
Date: 19 June 2019Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 77 mins Dialogue (original): French
Date: 16 July 2021Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 76 mins 41 secs - Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Picturehouse Entertainment

Credits (57)
©: Atelier de Production, ©: Arte France Cinéma, ©: Nexus Factory, ©: Umedia, In co-production with: Arte France Cinéma, In co-production with: Nexus Factory, Umedia, In association with: uFund, In co-production with: Garidi Films, In association with: WTFilms, Cinémage 13, With the support of: Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, [La Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine] In partnership with: CNC, With the participation of: Centre National de la Cinématographie, With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: OCS, Arte France, Presents: Atelier de Production, Supported by the: Tax Shelter of the federal government of Belgium and the Tax Shelter investors, International Sales: WTFilms, Produced by: Thomas Verhaeghe, Produced by: Mathieu Verhaeghe, Co-produced by: Jamal Zeinal-Zade, Co-produced by: Sylvain Goldberg, Co-produced by: Nadia Khamlichi, Co-produced by: Cédric Iland, Co-produced by: Dimitri Stephanides, Grégory Chambet, Associate Producer: Jamal Zeinal-Zade, Production Manager: Arnaud Tournaire, Post-production Supervisor: Abraham Goldblat, 1st Assistant Director: Catherine Olaya, Casting: Marine Albert, Child Casting: Ophélie Gelber, Casting (Aquitaine): Laurent Nogueira, Written by: Quentin Dupieux, Director of Photography: Quentin Dupieux, A Camera Operator: Quentin Dupieux, Digital Visual Effects: Compagnie Générale des Effets Visuels, Benuts, Special Effects: Olivier Afonso, Editing: Quentin Dupieux, Sets and Art Direction: Joan Le Boru, Set Decorator: Joan Le Boru, Costumes: Isabelle Pannetier, Key Make-up: Sophie Benaïche, Special Make-up Effects: Olivier Afonso, Key Hair Stylist: Jane Brizard, Sound/Production Sound Mixer: Guillaume Le Braz, Sound/1st Sound Assistant: Régis Boussin, Sound/Supervising Sound Editor: Alexis Place, Sound/Foley Artist: Gadou Naudin, Sound/Re-recording Mixer: Cyril Holtz, Dialogue Editor: Charles Deville, Stunt Co-ordinator: Philippe Guégan, Unit Publicist: Monica Donatti
Cast (24)
Jean Dujardin (Georges), Adèle Haenel (Denise), Albert Delpy (Monsieur B.), Coralie Russier (neighbour), Laurent Nicolas (receptionist), Marie Bunel (bar patron), Pierre Gommé (child), Caroline Piette (banker), Stéphane Jobert (technician), Géraldine Schitter (shoe seller), Panayotis Pascot (Johnny), Youssef Hajdi (Olaf), Simon Thomas (Xavier), Tom Hudson (Yann), Maryne Cayon (Zita), Thomas Blanchard (man in jacket), Rio Vega (victim 1), Maxim Driesen (victim 2), Jérôme Menard (restaurant waiter), David Sztanke (victim 3), Julia Faure (victim 4), Franck Lebreton (man driving digger), Ayouba Ali (gloves seller), Bruno Mary (hunter)