Janis et John

Original Title: Janis et John Country of Origin: France (2003) French with English Subtitles - 95 minutes Genre: Comedy Directed by Samuel Benchetrit Starring   François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Christophe Lambert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sergi Lopez “A joyously farfetched premise is skillfully molded into an offbeat slice of Boomer heaven in…Assured deadpan comedy, in which a mousy housewife and a loser actor achieve self-actualization by posing as Janis Joplin and John Lennon, is a lively, stylishly rendered venture” - Variety Insurance salesman Pablo (Sergi Lopez) has a 500,000-franc problem. The solution may be found with his cousin Leon (Christopher Lambert) who has recently inherited a great deal of money. But Leon, who dropped some very bad acid in the ’70s, lives in a time warp and is waiting for the “promised” return of John Lennon and Janis Joplin. In an attempt to get his hands on Leon’s money, Pablo casts his depressed wife (Marie Trintignant in a delicious and tragically final performance) and an unemployed actor (François Cluzet) as the two rock stars. With a soundtrack including Joplin, Lennon, Tina Turner, The Who and The Clash, this is a terrific ode to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.

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