The Players (French: Les Infidèles) is a 2012 omnibus comedy film starring Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche, with each of them also directing and writing a segment.
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Directed by | Emmanuelle Bercot Fred Cavayé Alexandre Courtès Jean Dujardin[1] Michel Hazanavicius Jan Kounen Éric Lartigau Gilles Lellouche |
Written by | Nicolas Bedos Philippe Caverivière Jean Dujardin[1] Stéphane Joly Gilles Lellouche |
Produced by | Jean Dujardin[1] Marc Dujardin Éric Hannezo Guillaume Lacroix |
Starring | Jean Dujardin Gilles Lellouche |
Cinematography | Guillaume Schiffman |
Edited by | Anny Danché |
Music by | Pino D'Angiò Evgueni Galperine |
Distributed by | Mars Films |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $13.8 million[2] |
Box office | $24.6 million[3] |
Series of vignettes about the theme of male infidelity and its adulterous variants.[1]
The posters for the film on which Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche can be seen in suggestive positions (like gripping a pair of naked female legs) attracted accusations of sexism.[1][4] The French professional authority of regulation for advertising received four official complaints accusing the posters of sexism. Following this controversy, the posters were taken down, and the distributor apologized.[5]
Jean Dujardin refers to I mostri by Dino Risi.
The original copy of the film included a scene where a man talks to a woman while a plane crashes into the World Trade Center. Reportedly, this scene has been censored to have better chances to get an Academy Award for Jean Dujardin (who went on to win the award for his leading role in The Artist).[6]
An Italian remake of the same name was released in 2020.
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