Le répondeur

2025
1h 42m

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Denis Podalydès and Salif Cissé in Le répondeur (2025)

Baptiste, a talented impressionist, can't manage to make a living. One day, a novelist, Pierre, asks him to imitate his voice over the telephone, so Pierre can write in peace and quiet. Grad... Read allBaptiste, a talented impressionist, can't manage to make a living. One day, a novelist, Pierre, asks him to imitate his voice over the telephone, so Pierre can write in peace and quiet. Gradually, Baptiste takes over Pierre's personality.Baptiste, a talented impressionist, can't manage to make a living. One day, a novelist, Pierre, asks him to imitate his voice over the telephone, so Pierre can write in peace and quiet. Gradually, Baptiste takes over Pierre's personality.

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6.8/10

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- 1 win total

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Salif Cissé

Baptiste Mendy

Denis Podalydès

Pierre Chozène
(as Denis Podalydès de la Comédie Française)

Clara Bretheau

Elsa Chozène

Aure Atika

Clara

Manon Clavel

Fanny

Ismaël Sy Savané

Vincent

Harrison Arevalo

Gabriel Lozano

Serge Postigo

Gustave Marandin, dit Gus

Thierry Bosc

Le père de Pierre
(voice)

Camille Cayol

Nathalie
(voice)

Yun-Ping He

Le traducteur coréen
(voice)

Yvon Martin

L'éditeur
(voice)

Catherine Griffoni

Mireille
(voice)

Marie Courtel

Barbara
(voice)

Renaud Blanc

François
(voice)

Régis Lang

Professeur Couturier
(voice)

Augustin Trapenard

Augustin Trapenard

Lucile Commeaux

Lucile Commeaux

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- Fabienne Godet
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9sebastienbabusik

Great high concept

LE REPONDEUR is the kind of clever, original comedy I wish French cinema made more often.

Its concept alone hooked me : a impersonator gets hired to become the voice of a writer seeking tranquility to finish his book, taking over his phone calls.

What's remarkable is how the film balances its absurd setup with genuine depth. Instead of leaning into broad farce, it unfolds with restraint, letting the odd-couple chemistry between Salif Cissé and Denis Podalydès simmer. The movie subtly explores identity, art, the masks we wear and how we seek recognition.

LE REPONDEUR deserves a big audience and its golden concept could lead to international remakes. BUT DON'T MISS THIS ONE !

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To prepare for his role, Salif Cissé worked with professional impressionists and learned how to impersonate Denis Podalydès. During post-production, Podalydès re-recorded all the lines for the scenes where his voice is being impersonated. The sound editors then blended the two audio tracks, alternating them syllable by syllable to create a voice that doesn't really belong to either actor.