Pretty Things (2001 film)

Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and based on Virginie Despentes's 1998 novel Les Jolies Choses. It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.[3] In the film, Marion Cotillard portrays twins of completely opposite characters, Lucie and Marie. She was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance.[4]

Pretty Things
Directed byGilles Paquet-Brenner
Screenplay byGilles Paquet-Brenner
Based onLes Jolies Choses
by Virginie Despentes
Produced byStéphane Marsil
StarringMarion Cotillard
Stomy Bugsy
Patrick Bruel
Ophélie Winter
Titoff
CinematographyPascal Ridao
Edited byBertrand Collard
Music byDavid Moreau
Production
companies
C.A.P.A.C.
Hugo Films
M6 Films
Distributed byUIP
Release dates
  • 21 July 2001 (2001-07-21) (Melbourne)
  • 14 November 2001 (2001-11-14) (France)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.8 million[1]
Box office$913,000[2]

Cast
  • Marion Cotillard as Marie / Lucie
  • Stomy Bugsy as Nicolas
  • Patrick Bruel as Jacques
  • Titoff as Sébastien
  • Ophélie Winter as Jessica
  • Tony Amoni as Steve
  • Matthieu Touboul as Martin
  • Olivier Granier as The father
  • Aude Brenner as The mother
  • Nikita Lespinasse as Heidi
  • Guy Amram as Fred
  • Martin Amic as Arthur
  • Axelle Renoir as The journalist
  • Clémence Roussillon as Young Marie
  • Anna Roussillon as Young Lucie

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2001Deauville Film FestivalMichel d'Ornano AwardGilles Paquet-BrennerWon[3]
2002César AwardsMost Promising ActressMarion CotillardNominated[4]

The name of the film is an answer to a pop trivia game in The Office episode "Trivia".[5]

References
  1. "Les Jolies Choses". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. "Pretty Things". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. "Prix Michel d'Ornano". Deauville. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. "27th Cesar Awards (French Academy) (2002) - Films from 2001 - FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. "Kevin Beats Oscar in the Quiz - The Office US". YouTube. December 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.


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