| Bye Bye Morons | |||||
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| Director: | Albert Dupontel | ||||
| Producer: | Catherine Bozorgan | ||||
| Screenplay: | Albert Dupontel | ||||
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| Music: | Christophe Julien | ||||
| Cinematography: | Alexis Kavyrchine | ||||
| Editing: | Christophe Pinel | ||||
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| Country: | France | ||||
| Language: | French | ||||
| Gross: | $17 million[1] | ||||
Bye Bye Morons is a 2020 French comedy drama film written and directed by Albert Dupontel. The film stars Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel and Nicolas Marié.[2] [3]
The film received twelve nominations at the 46th César Awards, winning in six categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Dupontel, and Best Supporting Actor for Marié.
Once salon owner Suze Trappet is diagnosed with a terminal illness,[4] she decides to find the child she was forced to abandon when she was 15 years old. Her journey leads her to cross paths with JB, a fifty-something in full burn-out, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist of impressive enthusiasm.[5]
The film was released on October 21, 2020 in France.[6]
Bye Bye Morons received positive reviews in France. However, Les Inrockuptibles found that, despite the irreverent title, the general message was too consensual and that filming bordered on kitsch.[7] And abroad The Guardian called it a "frantically misjudged French farce (that) doesn’t travel well'.[8] while Mark Keizer in a review for Variety wrote, "There is another character in “Bye Bye Morons” whose name is a cheeky in-joke. A brief mention of a Francine Weber is a clear tip of the chapeau to French filmmaker Francis Veber (“Le Dîner de Cons,” “The Toy”). Both are beloved French farces, whereas Dupontel’s film, which doesn’t lack for ambition, only focus, fails to live up to the Veber touch or to the dystopian sci-fi classic that has served as its creator’s longtime inspiration."[9]
|-| align = "center" rowspan = "12" | 2021 || rowspan = "12" | César Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "12" | [10] [11] [12] |-| Best Director || Albert Dupontel || |-| Best Actress || Virginie Efira || |-| Best Actor || Albert Dupontel || |-| Best Supporting Actor || Nicolas Mairé || |-| Best Original Screenplay || Albert Dupontel || |-| Best Cinematography || Alexis Kavyrchine || |-| Best Editing || Christophe Pinel || |-| Best Costume Design || Mimi Lempicka || |-| Best Production Design || Carlos Conti || |-| Best Original Music || Christophe Julien || |-| Best Sound || Jean Minondo, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas, Cyril Holtz || |-| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2022 || Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best European Film || || [13] |-| Magritte Awards || Best Actress || Virginie Efira || || [14] |}