| Whatever You Say | |
| Director: | Guillaume Canet |
| Producer: | Alain Attal |
| Music: | Sinclair |
| Cinematography: | Christophe Offenstein |
| Editing: | Stratos Gabrielidis |
| Distributor: | M6 Droits Audiovisuels |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Budget: | $4.3 million[1] |
| Gross: | $2.8 million[2] |
Whatever You Say (original title: Mon idole) is a 2002 French comedy-drama film directed by Guillaume Canet and starring François Berléand, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Daniel Prévost, and Clotilde Courau.[3]
Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre) is the host of It's Tissue Time!, an exploitation television game show where contestants are made to cry. The show's audiences are warmed up by one of Letzger's assistants, Bastien (Guillaume Canet), an ambitious young man who provides Letzger with good ideas for the show, for which his boss eagerly takes credit. Bastien tolerates Letzger's antics in order to work with Jean-Louis Broustal (François Berléand), the show's sophisticated producer whom he admires. Bastien's girlfriend, Fabienne (Clotilde Courau), is frustrated by his worship of the suave producer. Bastien is equally frustrated when he finds out that the blonde he is attracted to at the office is in fact Broustal's young wife, Clara (Diane Kruger).
One day, Broustal begins to take interest in Bastien's ideas for the show, and invites him to spend the weekend with him and his wife at their country estate to work on a concept for a new show called Proof in Pictures. When they arrive, Clara quickly seduces Bastien, but Broustal does not seem to care. During the weekend, Broustal tells the young man that he can make him a television star, but the couple's motives seem strange, and possibly sinister.
| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Awards | Best Actor | François Berléand | ||
| Best First Feature Film | ||||
| European Film Awards | European Discovery of the Year |