Play-Back ( Héroïnes ) ( Play Back )

Play-Back (Blu-Ray) (*)

$27.99

Original Title: Héroïnes
Alternate Title: Play Back
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Gerard Krawczyk

Written By:
Didier Daeninckx
Gerard Krawczyk

Actors:
Virginie Ledoyen ..... Johanna
Maïdi Roth ..... Jeanne
Marc Duret ..... Luc
Saïd Taghmaoui ..... JP
Dominic Gould ..... Jasper
Marie Laforêt ..... Sylvie
Charlotte de Turckheim ..... Catherine
Edouard Baer ..... Francis
Serge Reggiani ..... Montgolfier
Dominique Besnehard ..... Eddy
Marie-Laure Denoyel ..... Mme Bayol
Dominique Lagier ..... Mme Campergue
François Fehner ..... Michel
Neige Dolsky ..... Mme Laubier
Gérard Pollet ..... Philippe

Synopsis:

Two friends, Jeanne and Johanna, are members of a rinky-dink orchestra, ''Les Sirènes'', playing the Decazeville region in everything from ballrooms to beauty pageants. While Jeanne is introverted and romantic, Johanna is outgoing and sensual. A talent competition in Toulouse catapults them to success thanks to a sound engineer's ruse: Johanna mimes on stage to a play-back of Jeanne's voice. The crowd go wild, a star is born. Johanna has it all: great presence, great voice. Gigs follow, and their ill-shared success proves devastating for our two heroines, who learn that in a society where appearances are all, there is one thing that cannot be bought: their friendship.

Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France. One year at the Miners' Ball, the music group The Sirens perform, of which Johanna and Jeanne are members. In a spontaneous moment, a new friend of Johanna's (named Luc) discovers Johanna and Jeanne's incredible musical talent and singing ability when they sing a duet together without musical accompaniment. The two girls begin practicing and recording in a studio together with the help of Luc and an arranger, Jasper, and finally manage to record a tape with a few songs. A co-worker of Jeanne's joins their team as Jasper's assistant. Just after Luc leaves for Paris to take the tape around to various record companies, the others spot posters for a music contest, but only single artists may enter, and Johanna is chosen by the group to enter. She appears on live TV and is an instant hit, but with only one problem: as she begins to perform before the cameras, Jasper cuts out her mike and inserts a recording of Jeanne's voice instead. Everyone except for this small group of insiders believes it's really Johanna singing, and their lives snowball from there.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 20 July, 2015.