The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
Directed by Guillaume Nicloux
Release Year: 2014
Running time: 96
Country:
France
Language:
French with English subtitles
Genres:
Based on True Story
Subjects:
French Cinema & Culture
Directed by:
Guillaume Nicloux
Cast:
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq, possibly the most widely read living French writer, was believed kidnapped on September 16, 2011. But was he really? After a flurry of media reports of his abduction, the story goes cold and Houellebecq, famously reclusive, refuses to set the record straight. Now he goes one step further by starring as himself in a film that purports to tell the tale.
With a nod to O. Henry's short story, The Ransom of Red Chief, the film explores the dramatic territory where the personae of criminal and victim are remade in unexpected and surprisingly amusing ways. -Karen Cooper, Director, Film Forum