Thalasso (2019)
- Directed by
- Guillaume Nicloux
- Genre
- comedy, drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Michel Houellebecq plays himself at a health spa going through various treatments. Gérard Depardieu keeps him company and they talk. The film is a comedy about two famous Frenchmen spending time together.
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What happens
Thalasso is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, starring the writer Michel Houellebecq and the actor Gérard Depardieu as versions of themselves. It places Houellebecq at a health spa where he goes through a series of treatments while Depardieu keeps him company. The film has been described as a sequel to Nicloux's The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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