La Creme

What if people started thinking they knew you and were convinced that you were famous? LA CREME (THE CREAM) is a black comedy about celebrity.

François Mangin is unemployed and to make ends meet he is reduced to working as a door-to-door salesman. He hears of a sales job locally and when he applies is told he is shortlisted but must prove his worth over the other candidate.

The next day he finds a jar of cream that makes him a ‘star’. Whenever he puts the cream on people around him think he is famous and are in awe of him. What follows is a series of incidents involving his enterprising rival, a knowing wife, a corrupt businessman, a femme fatale, an honest cop, and ‘loose’ women.

Will it turn out well for him or is fame the road to disaster?

This is the debut feature for director, Reynald Bertrand and he guides his actors between comedy and tragedy like an old hand, winning him Best Feature 2007 at the Toronto Fantasy Film Festival and Beijing International Movie Festival.