The Book of Solutions

The Book of Solutions

2023 · 102 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy, Drama

Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.

Directed by Michel Gondry · Written by Michel Gondry

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Pierre Niney Marc Becker
Blanche Gardin Charlotte
Françoise Lebrun Denise
Frankie Wallach Sylvia
Camille Rutherford Gabrielle
Mourad Boudaoud Carlos
Vincent Elbaz Mathias
Dominique Valadié Martine, actrice de Chacun tout le monde
Sting Sting
Sacha Bourdo L'ingénieur du son
Christian Prat André
Michèle Gary Rolande

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