Playlist
Céline’s role
Writer (probably script
consultant)
Year
2021 (French
release 2 June 2021)
Form
Feature film (1h
28mins). French. Black & White
Director
Nine Antico
Synopsis
Sophie, 30, just
found out she landed that job at a famous Parisian publisher. Her dream? Not
exactly: she would rather see her own graphic work printed… When she tells her
boyfriend Jean she is pregnant, everything explodes. They break up and she must
return to waiting tables like her friend Julia, an aspiring actress.
How can one
survive in Paris under such conditions?
Screenwriters
Nine Antico, with Marc Syrigas, with Céline Sciamma
Trailer
Honours/Awards
- Selection, Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (France, 2021)
Excerpts from reviews
“Comic book author Nine Antico does a brilliant job
with her first film: an inventive, realist and funny feminist work which
breathes new life into a conventional genre."
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/405352/
“So do not trust the reductive title
Playlist of this vibrant and inventive portrait of a today's girl
confronted with the harsh demands of a time when everyone is called upon to
rely on their own strengths, to become the heroine. or the hero of his own
life. The boys encountered by Sophie during her daily struggle are also
treated by the director with kindness. There is no question here of a war
of the sexes or of denouncing machismo: Jean, Benjamin and the others manifest,
each in their own way, not always elegant, a shared dismay.”
cafepedagogique.net/lexpresso/Pages/2021/05/26052021Article637576063731879350.aspx
“… for her first
feature film. Nine Antico, who until now has mainly been known as a comic
book author. Playlist is a very pleasant comedy about a young
girl of almost 30 years old, Sophie, played by Sara Forestier who juggles odd
jobs and lovers not necessarily all up to the task and who dreams of making her
passion, drawing, her job. . Autobiographical film, both modern and
vintage, with a pop aesthetic, soundtrack to match and a black and white image
but also a feminist work. Around an impeccable Sara Forestier, the rest of
the cast is perfect, notably with Laetitia Dosch or Grégoire Colin.”
Notes
I have not been able to get clarity on
exactly what was Céline’s contribution to the writing of this film. There is
lots of contradictory information out there—even within the film’s Press Kit
there is contradictory information!!
In the film’s
Press Kit only director Nine Antico is credited as the screenwriter, while the
poster on the front page of the Press Kit seems to also list Marc Syrigas as a
writer. IMDB states that Nine Antico is the screenwriter and Marc Syrigas is a
collaborating writer. IonCinema has the confusing statement:
“Co-written with Marc Syrigas (who co-writes with Celine Sciamma)”
UniFrance (my ‘go to’ site for French cinema), CinEuropa, and Allocine all list Nine Antico, Marc Syrigas and Céline Sciamma as screenwriters.
My guess is that Céline Sciamma was a script consultant.
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