France / May 12, 2001 / Festival de Cannes
Every picture tells a story.
1h 28min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Billy Zane | Mr. E |
| John Phillip Law | Chairman |
| Silvio Muccino | Pippo |
| Dean Stockwell | Dr. Ballard |
| Natalia Vodianova | Brigit |
| Sofia Coppola | Enzo's Mistress |
| Bernard Verley | Trailer Voiceover Actor |
| L.M. Kit Carson | Fantasy Critic |
| Chris Bearne | Fantasy Critic |
| Jean-Paul Scarpitta | Fantasy Critic |
| Nicolas Saada | Fantasy Critic |
| Remi Fourquin | Fantasy Critic |
| Jean-Claude Schlim | Fantasy Critic |
| Sascha Ley | Fantasy Critic |
| Jacques Deglas | Fantasy Critic |
| Gilles Soeder | Fantasy Critic |
| Julian Nest | Fantasy Critic |
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| Greta Seacat | Festival Critic |
| Barbara Sarafian | Festival Critic |
| Leslie Woodhall | Board Member |
| Jean-Baptiste Kremer | Board Member |
| Franck Sasonoff | Angry Man at Riots |
| Jean-François Wolff | Party Man |
| Diana Gartner | Cute Model at Party |
| Stéphanie Gesnel | Actress at Party |
| Frédéric de Brabant | Steward |
| Shawn Mortensen | Revolutionary Guard |
| Mathieu Tonetti | Revolutionary Guard |
| Ann Maes | Vampire Actress |
| Gintarė Parulytė | Vampire Actress |
| Caroline Lies | Vampire Actress |
| Stoyanka Tanya Gospodinova | Vampire Actress |
| Magali Dahan | Vampire Actress |
| Nathalie Brocker | Vampire Actress |
| Wanda Perdelwitz | Vampire Actress |
| Mark Thompson-Ashworth | Lead Ghoul |
| Pieter Riemens | Assistant Director |
| Federica Citarella | Talkative Girl |
| Andrea Cormaci | Soldier Boy |
| Corinne Terenzi | Teen Lover |
| Emidio La Vella | Italian Actor |
| Massimo Schina | Friendly Guy at Party |
| Caroline Colombini | Girl in Miniskirt |
| Rosa Pianeta | Woman in Fiat |
| Christophe Chrompin | Jealous Boyfriend |
| Romain Duris | Hippie Filmmaker |
| Chris Anthony | 2nd Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| Dean Tavoularis | Man at Screening (uncredited) |
| Eric Connor | Long Haired Actor at Party |
Genres
ComedyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | CQ |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Français, English |
| Production countries | United States of America, Luxembourg |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | American Zoetrope, Delux Productions, Film Fund Luxembourg |
| Release date | 12 maggio 2001 |
| Executive producer | Willi Bär, Georgia Kacandes, Francis Ford Coppola |
| Production | Bob Bellion, Jimmy de Brabant, Gary Marcus, Michael Polaire |
| Writer | Roman Coppola |
| Casting | Blythe Cappello, Béatrice Kruger, Juliette Ménager |
| Editing | Leslie Jones |
| Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
| Assistant directors | Emilie Cherpitel, Laurent Herbiet, Beatrice Pettovich, Francesca Polic Greco, Iris Wong Yat-Tung, Roman Coppola, Christopher Neil |
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Release dates
Limited release
United States / May 24, 2002 / R
Theatrical release
France / Jan 28, 2003
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