| Product Summary | | Publisher: Strand Releasing | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00712267261321 | | Buy.com Sku: 204132513 | | Item#: V2H9C7 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 34293 | | Category Keywords: Drama Drama (General) | | Rating: NR |
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| | | Adored by Millions. Possesed by One.
Features: DVD, French, English, Subtitled, Widescreen
Teenager Lucie is an overly zealous fan of a famous pop diva, Lauren Waks. In order to cope with her bleak small-town life with her mother and little brother, Lucie obsesses over the singer, covering her bedroom walls with images and posters of her mysterious, inaccessible idol. One day, a chance situation allows Lucie to meet Lauren and gain access to the star`s vastly unstable life. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture.
"...Seigner shows astonishing range as the detached superstar..." Aaron Hillis, Premiere
"...a fascinating account of how a vulnerable star might mistake fan worship for something real." Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
"...harrowing, and at times surprisingly humorous..." Ken Fox, TV Guide
Editor's Note
Isild Le Besco plays a starstruck teenage girl in this dramatic exploration of celebrity. When pop star Lauren Waks (Emmanuelle Seigner, BUDDY BOY) shows up on the doorstep of Lucie's (Le Besco) home, reality TV crew in tow, Lucie is publicly humiliated. Afterwards, she seeks to make a connection with her idol at any cost.
| Features | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Strand Releasing |
| Release Date: 4/3/2007 |
| Running Time: 115 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 2613 | | UPC: 00712267261321 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: French | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times 7 of 10
An obsessive fan worms her way into the life of a pop star in "Backstage," which could be characterized as a contemporary take on "All About Eve," only French, and with a more self-sacrificing ingenue...Emmanuelle Bercot's film features a platinum-blond Emmanuelle Seigner as the mercurial Lauren Waks, a diva who looks like Deborah Harry, sings like Vanessa Paradis and inspires fans to gather on the street in front of her hotel and yowl like a late-'80s Madonna...The relationship between the needy, self-obsessed star and the needy, histrionic fan is portrayed here (probably rightly) as something like the relationship between a desperate vampire and a poisoned neck. You tend to feel they deserve each other...As a take on celebrity as religious mass derangement, "Backstage" is nominally interesting. As a study of two characters, it's not very convincing. - Carina Chocano
Variety 8 of 10
Theme of obsessive love between an adolescent and a grown woman, played out at inordinate length in helmer Emmanuelle Bercot's first feature, "Clement" (2001), is reprised in tighter, more powerful form in "Backstage," with a gender twist...With its booming soundtrack of songs -- written by Laurent Marimbert and sung by Seigner herself -- and good chemistry between Le Besco and Seigner, pic at times has an operatic emotional intensity that will turn off some viewers but provide a guilty pleasure for others...Good supporting perfs, especially by Lvovsky as the long-suffering p.a. and Valery Zeitoun as Lauren's patient manager, provide a balance to the central relationship. Largely handheld lensing by Agnes Godard has a dull, underlit look, except in the concert sequences. - Derek Elley
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