The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

Original title

L'Enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq

Directed by

Guillaume Nicloux

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The famous French author Michel Houellebecq is kidnapped by three men during a book tour. They hold him for ransom in a suburban house.

deadpanabsurdlow-keyplayfuloffbeatunderstatedquirky

What happens

The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (French: L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, starring Michel Houellebecq, Mathieu Nicourt, Maxime Lefrançois and Luc Schwarz. It tells the story of how the famous author Michel Houellebecq is kidnapped and held for ransom by three men during a promotional tour in 2011. The film was inspired by a rumour which occurred while Houellebecq was promoting his novel The Map and the Territory. For some time, he appeared to give no signs of life, which made newspapers in France speculate that he had been kidnapped. In reality he only had some trouble with his Internet connection. The film premiered at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival where it played in the Forum section. The film is a Les Films du Worso, Chic Films and ARTE France production. Nicloux's films Thalasso (2019) and Being Blanche Houellebecq (2024) also stars Houellebecq in the role as himself and have been described as a follow-ups to The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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