Adieu Molitor
English Title
Goodbye Molitor
Director & Scriptwriter
Christophe Régin
Year
2009
Form
Short film
Duration
26 minutes 11s
Synopsis
Michel is a failed would-be football star who has yet to give up his dreams of glory. He becomes the henchman of a renowned figure in Parisian football circles and strives tirelessly to revive the ghosts of a past forever gone.
Award nomination
Nuit des Lutins 2011
Festival Selections
- CNC - 2011 Quality Prize
- Premiers plans d'Angers Festival 2010
- Interpretation prize (Julien Lucas)
- "Côté courts" Festival of Pantin
- 2010 "C'est trop court" Festival of Nice 2010
- Interpretation prize (Julien Lucas)
- Toulouse Short Sequence Festival 2010
- Brest European Short Film Festival
- 2010 Vendôme Film Festival
- 2010 Moncton International Film Festival
- 2010 Gijon International Film Festival 2010
Adèle’s role
The girlfriend of Paulin (Michel's friend).
Supporting lead.
Supporting lead.
Adieu Molitor: Clip only, no Adèle
The film was on Vimeo for a while, but is no longer there. I've written to the production company and will keep pursuing it & will update the page (& Tweet it) when they put the film back online.
Some screenshots from the film
Adèle is in the opening scene (first two images) and is in the following scene; she is only in the first ~3.5 minutes of the film.
Notes
1. Picine Molitor is an amazing looking luxury swimming pool and hotel complex, that is part of a bigger sporting complex. It is next to the Bois de Boulogne park (paris' second largets park), and between Stade Roland Garros and Parc des Princes. Rolland Garros is where the French Open tennis competition is held. The Parc des Princes is a football stadium, and it is this, I am guessing, that the Molitor in the title is referring to, as the film is about a failed footballer. The Parc des Princes stadium holds almost 48,000 people and is home to Paris St Germain.
2. Céline Sciamma is thanked in the credits of Adieu Molitor
1. Picine Molitor is an amazing looking luxury swimming pool and hotel complex, that is part of a bigger sporting complex. It is next to the Bois de Boulogne park (paris' second largets park), and between Stade Roland Garros and Parc des Princes. Rolland Garros is where the French Open tennis competition is held. The Parc des Princes is a football stadium, and it is this, I am guessing, that the Molitor in the title is referring to, as the film is about a failed footballer. The Parc des Princes stadium holds almost 48,000 people and is home to Paris St Germain.
2. Céline Sciamma is thanked in the credits of Adieu Molitor
3. The director of Adieu Molitor, Christophe Régin, is a 2005 graduate of France’s premier film school, La Femis in the Production stream. In that same 2005 cohort were:
- Céline Sciamma—Screenwriting stream
- Jean-Baptise de Laubier—Directing stream
- Julien Lacheray—Editing Stream
In case you are not the obsessive type and you don't stay to read the credits at the end of the film, here is your cheat sheet:
- Céline Sciamma (if you are reading this you know who Céline is!)
- Jean-Baptise de Laubier, as Para One, does the music for Céline's films
- Julien Lacheray edits Céline's films.
It is sweet that the relationships that they formed at university are sustained through their careers and that Céline's (then) girlfriend acted in a film for Christophe Régin.
4. In 2006 Régin was a production assistant at Les Productions Balthazar, the company that produced Naissance des Pieuvres (2007) for Céline Sciamma. Christophe was Production Secretary for that film.
5. Christophe Régin made a film more or less based on Adieu Molitor this called La Surface de Reparation. See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286612/ for information about this film.
5. Christophe Régin made a film more or less based on Adieu Molitor this called La Surface de Reparation. See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286612/ for information about this film.
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