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The Trouble with Michel

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2001 | 60 min | Documentary

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Aimed squarely at the curious. You'll come away knowing something you didn't.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Well paced for a documentary, at 1 hr. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
What might put you off
Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.

Poet, essayist, novelist and filmmaker, Michel Houellebecq has always had close ties with the cinema and the world of the visual arts, which have accompanied and extended his reflexions since the start of his career, as the frequent allusions to them in his novels attest. This portrait of Houellebecq is from his early days of bad boy provocateur stardom. Having just published Plateforme in french and enjoying the many translations of Les Particules élémentaires.

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  • Reach & staying powerNot counted

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

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Cast & crew

Directed by Louise Wardle

  • Michel Houellebecq