Being Blanche Houellebecq (2024)
- Original title
- Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq
- Directed by
- Guillaume Nicloux
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 24 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
A look-alike contest for the famous writer Michel Houellebecq unfolds in Guadeloupe. The film follows the odd events involving the contestants and Houellebecq himself playing a version of his persona.
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What happens
Being Blanche Houellebecq (French: Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq) is a 2024 French comedy film written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux. It stars Blanche Gardin and Michel Houellebecq and revolves around a Houellebecq look-alike contest held in Guadeloupe. Following The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014) and Thalasso (2019), it is the third part in Nicloux's trilogy of films where Houellebecq plays a version of himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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