Tortilla y cinema (1997)
Directed by Martin Provost

Comedy
aka: Tortilla and Cinema

Film Synopsis

Early one morning, a film crew turns up at a bourgeois residence in an upmarket district of Paris to make a film without the owners of the apartment knowing.  Assisted by the actress Carmen Maura, Benjamin Ballon is about to make his first full-length film, which is far from being a conventional film.  It is a film that is intended to convey the pleasure of making a film and the difficulties that must be overcome along the way.  When the lead actor Michel Aumont fails to turn up, Benjamin has no choice but to stand in for him, but soon realises that he is telling his own story...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Martin Provost
  • Script: Martin Provost
  • Cinematographer: Eric Guichard
  • Music: Bruno Bertoli
  • Cast: Carmen Maura (Carmen Maura), Marc Duret (Benjamin Ballon), Michel Aumont (Michel Aumont), Marina Tomé (Christine, the producer), Marianne Groves (Leïla), Mouss Diouf (Sydney), José Otero (José), Pétronille De Saint-Rapt (Elisa), Nathalie Boileau (Denise), Martine Guillaud (Martine), Isabelle Pottier (Nikita, the hairdresser), Catherine Siriez (Catherine), Fayçal Zeghadi (Pablo), Alain Lifman (Manu), Mathieu Simonet (Mathieu), Jane Villenet (Policewoman), Jezabelle Amato (Concierge), Patrick Mercado (Nounours), Gérald Calderon (A producer), Jacques Bonnaffé (A producer)
  • Country: Spain / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Tortilla and Cinema

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