La Vengeance au Triple Galop

La Vengeance au Triple Galop
Film poster
GenreComedy[1][2]
Screenplay by
  • Alex Lutz
  • Arthur Sanigou
  • Lison Daniel
  • Thomas Poitevin
  • Audrey Lamy
Directed by
Starring
Music byVincent Blanchard
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
Producers
  • Emmanuel Georges
  • Brigitte Ducottet
  • Jean-Marc Dumontet
CinematographyMichel Vannier
Running time95 minutes[3]
Production companies
  • Supermouche
  • JMD
Original release
NetworkCanal+
Release4 October 2021 (2021-10-04)

La Vengeance au triple galop is a 2021 French comedy TV film directed by Alex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou, starring Audrey Lamy, Alex Lutz, Guillaume Gallienne, Leïla Bekhti, Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard, Izïa Higelin, and François Civil.[4] The film is a parody of the 1983 Australian TV series Return to Eden.[1][5] It was originally broadcast by French TV channel Canal+ on 4 October 2021.[1] It was the last film starring Gaspard Ulliel to be released during his lifetime.[6]

Plot

After the death of her father, Stephanie Harper, a wealthy heiress, finds herself at the head of an empire she never dreamed of. A few years later, she married with great fanfare Craig Danners, three weeks after their "love at first sight". This man is a star thanks to the sport of which he is a reference in the whole world. However, he is not the dream husband... Craig has an affair with Crystal, Stephanie's best friend. The couple of lovers has a Machiavellian plan to get rid of Stephanie and steal her fortune.[2]

Cast

Production

A co-production between Supermouche and JMD,[2] the film is a parody of the 1983 Australian TV series Return to Eden, whose French title is "La Vengeance aux Deux Visages" ("Two Faces of Revenge").[5] Director Alex Lutz said he used to watch soap-operas with his grandmother when he was a child, and that he wanted to pay a tribute to those soap-operas and also to his childhood memories.[5]

A trailer was released on 24 September 2021.[7]

Filming

It was filmed in three weeks between April and May 2021.[5][8] Filming took place in Ermenonville,[9] on the property of horse trainer Mario Luraschi, with whom director Alex Lutz often rides.[5]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the Rochelle Fiction Film Festival in France on 17 September 2021.[2] It was broadcast by French TV channel Canal+ on 4 October 2021.[1] From 20 December to 23 December 2021, the film was broadcast as a four-part miniseries on Canal+.[10] It was also made available for streaming on Canal+'s streaming platform, myCANAL.[11]

Awards

Year Award Category Result
2021 La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival Best Comedy Won[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jamet, Constance (4 October 2021). "La Vengeance au triple galop, une parodie au petit trot sur Canal +". Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "La Vengeance au Triple Galop". Crew United (in French). Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "La Vengeance Au Triple Galop". Canal+ (in French). Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ Lebrun, Alexis (6 October 2021). "La Vengeance au Triple Galop : qui sont les protagonistes du soap opera ?". Canal+. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e Merle, Sylvain (3 May 2021). ""La trahison, l'amour, l'argent…" : Alex Lutz parodie le soap opera avec Audrey Lamy pour Canal+" ["Betrayal, love, money…": Alex Lutz parodies the soap opera with Audrey Lamy for Canal+]. Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. ^ "En images : Mort de Gaspard Ulliel, un visage d'ange au cinéma". 20 Minutes (in French). 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ "𝓛𝓪 𝓥𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓾 𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓖𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓹 : 𝐵𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒-𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒". YouTube (in French). 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ^ Patri, Alexis (16 June 2021). ""La vengeance au triple galop" : Alex Lutz signe une parodie au casting en or pour Canal+". Europe1 (in French). Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ Guigliarelli, Alizee (3 May 2021). "Tournage de la fiction parodique "La Vengeance Au Triple Galop", bientôt sur CANAL+" [Filming of the parody fiction "La Vengeance Au Triple Galop", soon on CANAL+]. Canal+ (in French). Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. ^ B., Laura (8 December 2021). "La Vengeance au Triple Galop, le film d'Alex Lutz pour Canal+ avec Audrey Lamy, diffusé en clair". Sortira Paris (in French). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  11. ^ a b Fontaine, Mathilde (24 September 2021). "Bande-annonce La Vengeance au triple galop sur CANAL+ : l'hilarante parodie d'Alex Lutz primée à La Rochelle se dévoile". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.