Cannes Man

Cannes Man

1996 · 88 min · EN · R · 5.3 (23 votes)
Dir. Richard Martini · Starring Seymour Cassel, Francesco Quinn, Rebecca Broussard, Luana Anders, Lloyd Kaufman, James Brolin · Music Richard Martini
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Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.

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Dive into a frenetic, cynical, and utterly amusing mockumentary that pulls back the curtain on the absurdities of the film industry. It's a chaotic, star-studded ride through the hype machine, feeling like a satirical peek behind the curtain of celebrity and ambition at its most unhinged.

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