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Audio Format: DD 5.1
Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
Languages: French, Thai
Subtitles: English, Thai
Region Code: PAL, 3
Year Made: 2006
Running Time: 93
Release Date: 08/17/2007
Please note: Please verify that PAL formatted DVD will play on your machine prior to purchasing this title. (PAL TV and DVD players required.)
Versatile French actor Clovis Cornillac may be mostly known for headlining big budget fare like Les chevaliers du ciel (Sky Fighters), Les brigades du Tigre (The Tiger Brigades) and the upcoming live-action Asterix film (in which he will play the title role), but he is equally at home in smaller, more dramatic films (La femme de Gilles/Gilles' Wife). Under the direction of first-time director Lavaine Cornillac fares less well, perhaps also because the strange genre hybrid of Poltergay puts the actor out of his depth. A more straightforward comedian might have been better suited to the role (perhaps Jean Brice de Nice Dujardin, or even someone like Michael Youn) because Cornillac overplays the drama, which is slight to begin with, and never relishes the film's attempts at comedy, which subsequently fall flat. Since his character is supposedly providing most of the laughs, this is a serious problem.
The gay disco ghosts have all of one characteristic each, the most depressing being a ghost who might actually be a closeted heterosexual. As his wife, Depardieu has little to do, and a sub-plot involving her archeological expidition abroad is never fully exploited. Likewise, Marc's Italian heritage is only touched upon briefly, and more on this could have added some character insight and spice. What these two elements lead to (namely, the ancient Romans) is also fussy because from what information we are given on the poltergays, it suggests a maximum age of 700 years.
When Marc and Emma move into their new house, they have no idea that in the 1970s, their basement was a gay nightclub which had been destroyed by fire and that the house itself is now haunted by the ghosts of five gay and mischievous clubbers. Marc can see them. Emma can't. In the end, Marc's "visions" cause Emma to walk out on him. Touched by the poor guy's distress, the ghosts decide to help him win Emma back. In return, Marc frees them from the house and helps them to discover the 21st century fever!
Special Features:
- Thearical Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Music Video
- Poltergay's Promotion
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