The Escort (1999)
Mauvaise passe (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 40min
- Drama
- 17 Nov 1999 (Belgium)
- Movie
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Cast
Daniel Auteuil | ... |
Pierre
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Julie Wilson Nimmo | ... |
Girl in Soho
(as Julie Wilson-Nimmo)
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Luisa Bradshaw-White | ... |
Evita the Hostess
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Michelle Gomez | ... |
Hostess 2
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Jack Pierce | ... |
Bouncer
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Stuart Townsend | ... |
Tom
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Kriss Dosanjh | ... |
Harry - Tom's Cafe
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Ben Drake | ... |
Maitre d'hotel
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Lee Williams | ... |
Customer in Cafe
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Amanda Ryan | ... |
Ann
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Sarah-Jane Potts | ... |
Liz
(as Sarah Jane-Potts)
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Alec Birkbeck | ... |
Willy
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Rose English | ... |
Ann's Mother
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Heathcote Williams | ... |
Ann's Father
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Noah Taylor | ... |
Gem
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Simon Gregor | ... |
Hotel Manager
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Anastasia Hille | ... |
Steffy
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Roland Manookian | ... |
Bellboy
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Kim Wall | ... |
Hotel Concierge
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Peter-Hugo Daly | ... |
Marco
(as Peter Hugo-Daly)
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Siobhan Burke | ... |
Cindy
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Ben Whishaw | ... |
Jay
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Liza Walker | ... |
Kim
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Stanislas Forlani | ... |
Nicolas - Pierre's Son
(as Stanislas Crevillen)
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Joey Koonsumbat | ... |
Thai Waiter
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Tam Dean Burn | ... |
Naked Husband
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Marie-France Santon | ... |
Paris Estate Agent
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Béatrice Agenin | ... |
Catherine - Pierre's Wife
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Claire Skinner | ... |
Patricia
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Frances Barber | ... |
Jessica
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Keith Allen | ... |
Jessica's Husband
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Alice Evans | ... |
Sue
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Mar Sodupe | ... |
Linda
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Dan MacMillan | ... |
Host at Country House
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Leah Fitzgerald | ... |
Kate - Kim's Daughter
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Barbara Flynn | ... |
Kim's Mother
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Annabel Brooks | ... |
Annie
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Susan Porrett | ... |
Maureen
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Anne White | ... |
Louise
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Alex McSweeney | ... |
Taxi driver
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Peter Mullan | ... |
Patricia's Husband
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Suzanne Burden | ... |
FT Lady at Underground
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Philippe Lehembre | ... |
Pierre's Father
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Alexander Hanson | ... |
Publisher
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Hannah Lockerman | ... |
Publisher's Wife
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Sean Cronin | ... |
Fashion Designer (uncredited)
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Lee Delong | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Michel Blanc |
Written by
Michel Blanc | ... | (dialogue) |
Michel Blanc | ... | (screenplay) |
Hanif Kureishi | ... | (writer) |
Nick Love | ... | (adaptation) |
Produced by
Claude Berri | ... | producer |
Romain Brémond | ... | associate producer |
Timothy Burrill | ... | co-producer |
Sally French | ... | line producer |
Pierre Grunstein | ... | executive producer |
Annabel Karouby | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Barry Adamson |
Cinematography by
Barry Ackroyd |
Editing by
Maryline Monthieux |
Editorial Department
Virginie Bruant | ... | assistant editor |
Simon Njoo | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Jina Jay |
Production Design by
Gary Williamson |
Art Direction by
John Hill |
Set Decoration by
Cathy Cosgrove | ||
Gary Williamson |
Costume Design by
Ralph Wheeler-Holes | ... | (as Ralph Holes) |
Makeup Department
Fae Hammond | ... | hair designer / makeup designer |
Joël Lavau | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Tracey Lee | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Production Management
Becky Jones | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Hewitt | ... | first assistant director |
Matthew Penry-Davey | ... | assistant director |
Toby Sherborne | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Steve Bohan | ... | construction manager |
Peter Brown | ... | carpenter |
Gary Crosby | ... | head painter |
Mark Geeson | ... | paint trainee |
Emma MacDevitt | ... | stand-by art director |
Tom Martin | ... | hod carpenter (as Thomas Martin) |
Danny O'Regan Jr. | ... | stand-by carpenter |
Sound Department
Yannick Boulot | ... | sound recordist |
Nicolas Cantin | ... | boom operator |
Bruno Charier | ... | sound |
Edouard d'Heucqueville | ... | sound mix technician |
Michel Filippi | ... | adr supervisor |
Jean Goudier | ... | sound |
Dominique Hennequin | ... | re-recording mixer |
Joël Rangon | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
Mark Holt | ... | special effects technician |
John Markwell | ... | special effects technician |
Rob Rollinson | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Frederic Moreau | ... | visual effects |
Stunts
Jim Dowdall | ... | stunt coordinator |
Paul Heasman | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Pat Garrett | ... | key grip |
Kareem La Vaullée | ... | Steadicam operator |
Gary Parnham | ... | additional electrician |
Brian Taylor | ... | grip |
Lee Walters | ... | gaffer |
Casting Department
Shaheen Baig | ... | casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tess Hammami | ... | costumer |
Laura Johnson | ... | assistant costume designer |
Location Management
Giles Edleston | ... | assistant location manager |
Script and Continuity Department
Susanna Lenton | ... | script supervisor |
Billy MacKinnon | ... | script editor |
Additional Crew
Sylvie Coen | ... | legal counsel |
Claude Fenioux | ... | financial controller |
Segolene Fleury-Slimane | ... | production accountant |
Rachel James | ... | production accountant |
Sarah Kaye | ... | assistant accountant |
Paul Mortimer | ... | unit paramedic |
Donald Sabourin | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Production Companies
- Renn Productions (co-production)
- Pathé Productions (co-production)
- France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
- Canal+ (participation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
Distributors
- Gloria Film A/S (1999) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Pathe UK (France)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Lighting Rental (lighting equipment)
- ARRI Media (camera rental)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Writer-director Michel Blanc, whose previous works include the acclaimed Marche à l'ombre (1984) and Dead Tired (1994), creates this gritty drama about a middle-aged impoverished French writer in London who becomes a gigolo. The film opens with Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) getting worked over by an irate pimp because he didn't pay for a hooker's drink. Rakish Irishman Tom (Stuart Townsend) offers to drive bloodied Pierre back to his seedy hotel. The following day, he stumbles upon Tom's sandwich bar and begs for a job. Though he describes himself as a dead-broke author working on a novel, Pierre is concealing secrets from his dark past. Later, during a party populated with well-turned out lesbians, Tom reveals that he moonlights as a gigolo and suggests that Pierre might try the same. Soon Pierre is making easy money at the same agency where Tom works. Things get complicated for our Gallic protagonist when he falls for a golden-hearted streetwalker with a psychotic ex-boyfriend and one of his married regulars falls for him. Told with wry wit and gritty honesty, this film explores London's dark sexual netherworld. |
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Taglines | He'll be your friend, he'll be your lover, but it's strictly by the hour. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Lourdes Faberes's debut. See more » |
Goofs | After Pierre is beaten up, he says that he is badly bruised, but when we see him soon afterwards wearing only a towel, there is no sign of bruising. See more » |