| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 96 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Guilaume Nicloux. |
| Performer |
Cast: Michel Houellebecq ; Mathieu Nicourt ; Maxime Lefrançois ; Luc Schwarz. |
| Summary |
Novelist and poet Michel Houellebecq, one of France's most famous and provocative intellectuals, briefly went missing in 2011, causing the French media to speculate wildly about a possible kidnapping. The writer refuses to talk about his mysterious disappearance to this day. In director Guillaume Nicloux's offbeat documentary-style take on the events, The Kidnapping of Michel houellebecq, Houellebecq gives a performance as himself: a disheveled misanthrope with a particular contempt for contemporary Europe and a fondness for wine and cigarettes. Captured and held for ransom, Houellebecq wins the admiration of his captors - three surprisingly friendly, considerate hoodlums. Points of view on literature, class, race, and even mixed martial arts are discussed with deadpan humor that turns a kidnapping into comedy. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Houellebecq, Michel.
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Authors, French -- Drama.
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Comedy films -- France.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Kidnapping -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Nicloux, Guillaume, director, screenwriter.
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Pialat, Sylvie, producer.
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Houellebecq, Michel, actor.
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Nicourt, Mathieu, actor.
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Lefrançois, Maxime, actor.
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Schwarz, Luc, actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq |
| Music No. |
MWT11584790 |
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