Parc (film)

Parc
Parc
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Arnaud des Pallières
Written by	John Cheever; Arnaud des Pallières
Produced by	Marie Guirauden; Serge Lalou
Starring	Sergi López; Jean-Marc Barr; Geraldine Chaplin; Nathalie Richard
Cinematography	Jeanne Lapoirie
Edited by	Arnaud des Pallières
Music by	Martin Wheeler
Distributed by	Ad Vitam Distribution
Release dates	11 September 2008 (Toronto); 14 January 2009 (France);
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$2.8 million
Box office	$96.000

Parc is a 2008 French drama film directed by Arnaud des Pallières. The film is based on John Cheever's 1969 novel Bullet Park. The film stars Sergi López, Jean-Marc Barr and Geraldine Chaplin. The film had its international premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September.

Plot

Georges Clou (Lopez) is a successful salesman, enjoying the fruits of his labour as a resident of an exclusive gated community in the French Riviera. His life is seemingly idyllic, a beautiful home, a loving wife and a son. Appearances are deceptive as this idyllic vision is spoiled by the traumas his teenage son endures. Elsewhere in the community, Paul Marteau (Barr), arrives with a troubled past and uncertain future.^[2]

Cast

Sergi López as Georges Clou
Jean-Marc Barr as Paul Marteau
Geraldine Chaplin as La mère de Marteau
Nathalie Richard as Hélène Clou
Laurent Delbecque as Toni Clou
Delphine Chuillot as Evelyn Marteau
Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Le propriétaire
László Szabó as Le guérisseur Balthazar Rutuola

Production

For the adaptation, the filmmaker transported the script from the United States to the French Riviera, with most of the action taking place around Nice.^[3]

Reception

Positif described the film as "a curious fusion between the world of Chabrol and Lynch that awakens a riot of empathic anti-establishment feeling".^[3]

References

^ "Parc (2009) - JPBox-Office".
^ Parc, by Arnaud des Pallières France in London. 21 October 2008
^ ^a ^b Parc. Positif. Volume 575 January 2009

External links

Parc at IMDb

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[1] "Parc (2009) - JPBox-Office".

[2] Parc, by Arnaud des Pallières France in London. 21 October 2008

[pos-3] Parc. Positif. Volume 575 January 2009

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v t e John Cheever
Novels	The Wapshot Chronicle (1957) The Wapshot Scandal (1964) Bullet Park (1969) Falconer (1977) Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1982)
Short story collections	The Way Some People Live (1943) The Enormous Radio and Other Stories (1953) The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories (1958) Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel (1961) The Brigadier and the Golf Widow (1964) The World of Apples (1973) The Stories of John Cheever (1978) Thirteen Uncollected Stories by John Cheever (1994)
Short stories	"Expelled" (1930) "Fall River" (1931) "Late Gathering" (1931) "The Brothers" (1937) "Publick House" (1941) "The Enormous Radio" (1947) "Torch Song" (1947) "The Hartleys" (1949) "Goodbye, My Brother" (1951) "O Youth and Beauty!" (1953) "The Five-Forty-Eight" (1954) "The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well" (1954) "The Country Husband" (1954) "The Wrysons" (1958) "The Scarlet Moving Van" (1959) "The Music Teacher" (1959) "The Seaside Houses" (1961) "Reunion" (1962) "The Swimmer" (1964) "The Geometry of Love" (1966) "The World of Apples" (1966) "The Fourth Alarm (1970) "Artemis, the Honest Well-Digger" (1972)
Adaptations	"The Country Husband" (Playhouse 90) (1956) The Swimmer (1968) The Five Forty-Eight (1979) Parc (2008)