Festivals - L'Alpe D'huez 2022 : Discover the official selection

By Mulder, 26 november 2021

The Festival has unveiled part of the 2022 official selection of feature films in & out of competition, all presented in preview at Alpe d'Huez and in the presence of the film teams. A further selection will be announced soon, as well as the official selection of short films & other events of this 25th edition.

Irreducible
Directed by Jérôme Commandeur
Produced by Patrice Arrat, Quentin de Revel, Thierry Desmichelle, Rémi Jimenez, Camilla Nesbitt, Pietro Valsecchi, Edoardo Zambeletti
Written by Jérôme Commandeur, Xavier Maingon 
With Jérôme Commandeur , Laetitia Dosch, Pascale Arbillot, Gérard Darmon, Christian Clavier, Valérie Lemercier, Estéban
Music : Maxime Desprez, Michaël Tordjman
Director of photography : Nicolas Massart
Editing: Jean-François Elie
Production companies: SND, Medset Film
Distributed by SND (France)
Release date: March 30, 2021 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : In charge of skimming the civil service, an overzealous ministerial inspector is going to use all the means in her power... But Vincent Peltier, a peaceful civil servant at the Water and Forestry Department in Limoges, is not at all decided to give up his job, which is "guaranteed for life"! The war of nerves has only just begun when she transfers him to the worst corners of France, even to the North Pole...

Three times nothing
Written and directed by Nadège Loiseau
Produced by Christophe Barral, Toufik Ayadi
With Antoine Bertrand, Philippe Rebbot, Come Levin, Emilie Caen
Music : NC
Director of photography : Julien Meurice
Editing: Christophe Pinel
Production companies: SRAB Films, Possible média, France 2 Cinéma
Distributed by Le Pacte (France)
Release date: March 16, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Brindille, Casquette and La Flèche live as best they can, day by day, in the Bois de Vincennes. But their precarious situation should change completely the day they win the Lotto. But they still need to be able to cash in the money, because without a home, no up-to-date identity card and no bank account, no payment!

Men on the verge of a nervous breakdown

Directed by Audrey Dana
Produced by Olivier Delbosc
Written by Claire Barre
With Thierry Lhermitte, Ramzy Bedia, François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Stocker, Pascal Demolon, Michael Gregorio, Max Baissette de Malglaive & Marina Hands
Music: Maxime Desprez, Michaël Tordjman
Director of photography : Pierre Aïm
Editing : Sophie Reine
Production companies : NC
Distributed by Warner Bros (France)
Release date: March 16, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Seven men, from 17 to 70 years old, who have nothing in common except being on the verge of a nervous breakdown, find themselves embarked in a group therapy in the wilderness. This mysterious course, "exclusively for men", is supposed to work miracles. First surprise on their arrival: the coach is a woman! Unpredictable and confusing, she will do everything to help them get better. With or without their consent...

The International Class
Written and directed by Frédéric Quiring
Produced by NC
With Melha Bedia, Audrey Fleurot, François Berléand
Music : Matthieu Gonet
Director of photography : NC
Editing: NC
Production companies: Les films du 24, Umedia, TF1 films production
Distributed by UGC Distribution
Release date: July 13, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Sofia is a young French teacher, martyred by her students. Believing that she finally has the transfer of her dreams, she embarks on an explosive farewell and enjoys her revenge. Problem: her transfer is frozen, she is now competing with a teacher with an impeccable resume and her students, more angry than ever, are determined to make her pay for her words. Lies to the academy, low blows to her competitor, seduction campaign...Sofia is ready to do anything to get her exit ticket!

The revenge of the glittering shrimps

Directed by Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare
Produced by Renaud Chélélékian, Edouard Duprey
Written by Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare, Romain Choay
With Nicolas Gob, Michael Abiteboul, David Baïot, Romain Lancry, Bilal El Atreby
Music : NC
Director of photography : NC 
Editing : NC
Production companies: Les improductibles, Kaly Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures International France (France)
Release date: March 30, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : On their way to the Gay Games in Tokyo, the Glittering Shrimps miss their connection and find themselves stuck in the depths of Russia, in a particularly homophobic region...

We smile for the picture
Written and directed by François Uzan  
Produced by Clément Miserez, Matthieu Warter, Anthony Lancret
With Jacques Gamblin, Pascale Arbillot, Pablo Pauly, Agnès Hurstel, Ludovik
Music : NC
Director of photography : Philippe Guilbert
Editing : NC
Production companies: Radar Films, Unagi Poduction
Distributed by UGC Distribution (France)
Release date: May 18, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Thierry spends his days filing his family photos, convinced that the best is behind him. When Claire, his wife, tired of "it was better before", tells him she is leaving him, Thierry, devastated, proposes to redo "Greece 98", their best family vacation. Officially, he wants to spend one last week with their children before announcing their separation. Unofficially, he hopes to win back his wife... But the children, now in their thirties, are less docile than they were 20 years ago and the hunt for memories on the roads of Greece will quickly tire everyone. By trying to rekindle the flame in his marriage, Thierry risks setting his family on fire...

La brigade
Directed by Louis-Julien Petit
Produced by Liza Benguigui
Written by Louis-Julien Petit, Liza Benguigui, Sophie Bensadoun, Thomas Pujol
With Audrey Lamy, François Cluzet, Chantal Neuwirth, Fatou Kaba
Music : Laurent Perez Del Mar
Director of photography : David Chambille
Editing : Nathan Delannoy, Antoine Vareille
Production companies: Odyssée, Apollo films, France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by Apollo Films (France)
Release date : March 23, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Since she was a little girl, Cathy has dreamed of running her own restaurant. But at the age of forty, nothing has happened as planned and she finds herself forced to accept a job as a canteen worker in a home for young migrants. Her dream seems to be getting further away... or is it?

Retirement home

Directed by Thomas Gilou
Produced by Kev Adams, Elisa Soussan
Written by Thomas Gilou, Catherine Diament
With Kev Adams, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Prévost, Mylène Demongeot, Jean-Luc Bideau, Liliane Rovere, Firmine, Richard, Marthe Villalonga, Antoine Duléry, Jarry
Music : NC
Director of photography : Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille
Editing : Sandro Lavezzi
Production company: MyFamily
Distributed by UGC Distribution (France)
Release date: February 23, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : In order to avoid prison, Milann, 30 years old, is forced to do 300 hours of community service in a retirement home, Les Mimosas. His first weeks are a real hell! But he is quickly adopted by the pensioners, in particular by a band of 7 inseparable people who teach him, each in their own way, their vision of life. As the weeks go by, Milann discovers that the establishment takes advantage of the vulnerability of its residents to swindle them. He then decides to organize a great escape, but he is not at the end of his troubles...

Super-héros malgré lui (Opening film)
Directed by Philippe Lacheau
Produced by David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Philippe Lacheau, Pierre Dudan 
Written by Julien Arruti, Pierre Dudan, Philippe Lacheau and Pierre Lacheau
With Philippe Lacheau, Élodie Fontan, Tarek Boudali , Julien Arruti , Jean-Hugues Anglade , Alice Dufour , Brahim Bouhlel , Paco Boisson , Chantal Ladesou , Tony Saint Laurent , Georges Corraface , Régis Laspalès : Amr Waked , Philippe Beglia, Rayane Bensetti, Philippe Katerine, Bruno Lochet, Gérard Chaillou, Michel Crémadès
Music : Maxime Desprez and Michaël Tordjman
Image : Vincent Richard
Storyboard : Eric Gandois
Editing : Marc David
Production company : Vincent Richard
Distributed by Studiocanal (France)
Release date : February 2, 2022 (France)
Running time : 82 minutes
Synopsis : Cedric, a struggling apprentice actor, finally gets his first role in a superhero movie. One night, while borrowing the car for the shoot, he is the victim of an accident that makes him lose his memory. When he wakes up, dressed in his vigilante costume and in the middle of the film's props, he is convinced that he has become the film's character with a dangerous mission to accomplish. But not everyone is a hero and even less a superhero... And even less Cedric.

Alors on danse (La séance de la Présidente)
Directed by Michèle Laroque
Produced by Maxime Delauney, Romain Rousseau
Written by Michèle Laroque, Stéphane Ben Lahcene
With Michèle Laroque, Isabelle Nanty, Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit
Music : Alexis Rault
Director of photography : Gilles Porte
Editing: Frédériqe Olszak
Production companies: Nolita Cinéma, TF1 Studio
Distributed by UGc Distribution
Release date : March 21, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Determined to take her life in hand after discovering her husband's infidelities, Sandra takes refuge at her sister Danie's. On the opposite side of the world, they meet around their common passion: dancing. With Lucien and Roberto, her sister's friends, Sandra finally finds the freedom and the craziness that were missing in her life. A new life begins: because we all have the right to a second dance!

Rumba la vie (Special screening)


Written and directed by Franck Dubosc
Produced by Sidonie Dumas
With Franck Dubosc , Louna Espinosa, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie-Philomène Nga, Michel Houellebecq
Music : Sylvain Goldberg
Director of photography : Ludovic Colbeau-Justin
Editing: Samuel Danesi
Production companies: Gaumont, Pour toi public Productions
Distributed by Gaumont Distribution (France)
Release date : January 19, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Tony, a fifty-something school bus driver, lives alone after abandoning his wife and child twenty years earlier. Shaken by a heart attack, he finds the courage to face his past and enroll incognito in a dance class led by his daughter, whom he has never met, in order to win her back and give meaning to his life.

The Imaginary Doctor (Special Screening)
Directed by Ahmed Hamidi
Produced by Bruno Levy
Written by Ahmed Hamidi, Fatsah Bouyahmed
With Fatsah Bouyahmed, Alban Ivanov, Saadia Ladib, Rawane El Kadiri, Clotilde Courau, Smain, Booder
Music : Sinclair
Director of photography : Yannick Ressigeac 
Editing : Guerric Catala
Production company : Move Movie
Distributed by UGC Distribution (France)
Release date : April 27, 2022 (France)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Alex, aka DJ Wethu, is a star of the night world. On the verge of burn-out, he plays one concert after another all over the world... Until the day when, in the middle of a festival in Morocco, Alex takes a bad fall and falls off the stage. Immobilized on the spot the time of his convalescence, he is placed under the vigilance of Abdel who dreams to become a nurse's aide. The problem is that he isn't really one! An unexpected encounter, to say the least...

(Source : press release)