Trailer

CYPRIEN

  • Completed

Category: Feature Film
Production year: 2008
Release date: 25/02/2009
DVD release date: 25/08/2009
VOD rental start date: 14/10/2009
Country: France
Genre(s): Comedy
Runtime: 1:37

Director(s): David Charhon
Cast: Elie Semoun, Catherine Deneuve, Laurent Stocker, Vincent Desagnat, Léa Drucker, Mouloud, Elisa Tovati & Jean-Michel Lahmi
Scriptwriter(s): Romain Levy, Benjamin Guedj & Elie Semoun
Original score: Jean-Benoît Dunkel

Production company: Serenity Films
French Distributor: Mars Distribution
International sales: Kinology

Synopsis

Having made audiences laugh so hard they cried for over ten years with his classified ads and array of funny, loveable characters, Elie Semoun now brings to the big screen the trials and tribulations of his most famous nearsighted, socially challenged nerd: Cyprien is an off-beat comedy full of wacky humor, both generational and aimed at mainstream audiences, and referencing everyone’s favorite American 80’s movies.

Cyprien is a 35 year-old wall-flower. He splits his time between his job at Dress Code, an uber-hip fashion magazine (he’s the not-so-hip head of IT), and an internet café with his buddies. Cyprien and his friends are all bona fide nerds, adolescents for life, Star Wars worshippers… Favorite pastimes include surfing the web all night long and collecting DVD’s. His looks and the constant chastising from his co-workers don’t make him the most desirable bachelor, but even so, Cyprien has one ultimate goal: to seduce blonde bombshell Karen McQueen. A ,magic deodorant that falls in his hands allows him to become an instant hottie – Jack Price – on command… a la Clark Kent/ Superman and Peter Parker/ Spiderman. But his social skills could still use some fine-tuning. Helena, one of Cyprien’s co-workers, decides to give him a 101 on life. Little does she realize that her coaching is actually benefiting his alter-ego, Jack. And that’s when the romantic triangle starts to take unexpected twists and turns…