Pop Redemption (2013)
Directed by Martin Le Gall

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Since they were teenagers, four friends have shared an unbridled passion for black metal rock.  They formed their own band, the Dead MaKabés, and were soon performing in concerts at festivals the length and breadth of Europe.  Of course, as they grew older, adult responsibilities soon forced their way into their lives, and by the time they were thirty they had hampered themselves with all the shackles of a conventional middleclass existence - job, wife, family and mortgage.  Still, the four friends keep in touch with each other and continue giving concerts, but it is by now clear that their musical career has all but run its course.

An invitation to perform at a prestigious musical event proves too much of a temptation, so the four friends agree to attend this on the understanding that it will be their last gig together.  It turns out to be a more eventful excursion than any of them had anticipated.  As a result of an accident in the middle of the night, the friends find themselves on the run from the police.  To evade capture, they have no choice but to ditch their distinctive vampire look and try to pass themselves off as hippies.  It is the ultimate humiliation, but needs must when the Devil drives...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Martin Le Gall
  • Script: Alexandre Astier, Mark Eacersall, Martin Le Gall
  • Cinematographer: Frédéric Nony
  • Cast: Julien Doré (Alex), Grégory Gadebois (JP), Jonathan Cohen (Pascal), Yacine Belhousse (Erik), Audrey Fleurot (Martine Georges), Alexandre Astier (Chef SR), Délia Espinat-Dief (Julia), Arsène Mosca (Patron Star Club), Christophe Kourotchkine (Commandant Riquenbaquet), Vincent Leenhardt (Adjudant Meyer), Julien Renon (Gendarme Brian), Evelyne Macko (Yue-You), Magali Miniac (Michèle), James Rowe (Dozzy Cooper), Philippe Vieux (Animateur Fête de la Fraise), J.P. Nataf (Musicien Fête de la Fraise), Jean-Christophe Urbain (Musicien Fête de la Fraise), Pascal Vannson (Gendarme Ray-Bans), Fiona Chauvin (Organisatrice Hellfest), Françoise Soucaret (Grand-mère Alex)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 94 min

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