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CQ

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CQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.
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A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing tha... Read allA young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
24,419
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    • Director
      • Roman Coppola
    • Writer
      • Roman Coppola
    • Stars
      • Jeremy Davies
      • Angela Lindvall
      • Élodie Bouchez
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    • Director
      • Roman Coppola
    • Writer
      • Roman Coppola
    • Stars
      • Jeremy Davies
      • Angela Lindvall
      • Élodie Bouchez
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    • 53User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Jeremy Davies in CQ (2001)
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    Jeremy Davies and Élodie Bouchez in CQ (2001)
    Jeremy Davies and Angela Lindvall in CQ (2001)
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    Gérard Depardieu, Massimo Ghini, and Giancarlo Giannini in CQ (2001)
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    Jeremy Davies
    Jeremy Davies
    • Paul
    Angela Lindvall
    Angela Lindvall
    • Dragonfly…
    Élodie Bouchez
    Élodie Bouchez
    • Marlene
    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Andrezej
    Giancarlo Giannini
    Giancarlo Giannini
    • Enzo
    Massimo Ghini
    Massimo Ghini
    • Fabrizio
    Jason Schwartzman
    Jason Schwartzman
    • Felix DeMarco
    Billy Zane
    Billy Zane
    • Mr. E
    John Phillip Law
    John Phillip Law
    • Chairman
    Silvio Muccino
    Silvio Muccino
    • Pippo
    Dean Stockwell
    Dean Stockwell
    • Dr. Ballard
    Natalia Vodianova
    Natalia Vodianova
    • Brigit
    Bernard Verley
    Bernard Verley
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    L.M. Kit Carson
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      • Roman Coppola
    • Writer
      • Roman Coppola
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    • Trivia
      After being fired, Andrezej puts his fist through the screening room door. This is a reference to Francis Ford Coppola (father of director Roman Coppola) and his short temper. In fact, when the editors get a framed section of the destroyed wall, it is actually a portion of a wall the elder Coppola wrecked in his early directing days.
    • Goofs
      When Dragonfly swerves her car in reverse in the tunnel, there are skid marks already on the ground along the path her tires take.
    • Quotes

      Paul: I just want to capture what's real and honest.

      Marlene: And what if it's boring?

    • Connections
      Featured in On the Set of 'CQ' (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Ce Soir, Je Vais Boire
      Lyrics by Gilles Thibaut

      Music by Bruno Canfora

      Performed by Claude François

      Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews53

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    CQ on Reel 13
    Despite the pedigree of being made by the latest Coppola clan member to enter the feature film directorial ranks, CQ came and went from theaters when it was released a few years go. Seeing it for the first time on Reel 13 on Saturday, I'm a little stunned as to why. Roman Coppola proves to be a promising, thoughtful filmmaker and as adept a student of cinema history as his Uncle Francis. CQ is an engaging, if loosely structured movie, managing to be simultaneously inventive and derivative, borrowing from and paying homage to everything from La Dolce Vita to the Marx Brothers.

    Its primary source of influence is, of course, 1968's Barbarella, here thinly veiled as the fictional "Dragonfly", as the film within the film. CQ is about how Paul, a young editor (Jeremy Davies), working on said "Dragonfly" deals with balancing his career and his relationship as he works on both the big-budget sci-fi epic and directing his own personal documentary film. This set-up provides Coppola with three different planes of action going on – real life, the black and white documentary and the colorful, sexy, futuristic world of "Dragonfly". The fun really begins when Coppola deftly uses these formats to blur the lines of fantasy and reality when Paul, in his search for himself, begins to lose sight of where the boundaries for each of these worlds lie – or if they even exist.

    In addition to Coppola's stellar usage of mixed media, the other key to CQ's success is Jeremy Davies, an extremely talented and severely underused young actor who quite possibly should have won an Oscar for his work in Saving Private Ryan and at least should have been nominated for last year's Rescue Dawn. I think there are less roles for him because he seems to insist on making quirky, out-of-the-box choices. However, when a director with vision is willing to roll the dice on him, he almost always delivers an inspired performance. CQ is no exception as Davies brings a believable, uncomfortable edge to Paul. He is a character who is lost and confused, but most actors would play him with a modicum of swagger. Davies makes him neurotic without being nebbish – as if still a boy in the body a man who isn't quite sure that he wants to grow up. At the heart of Davies' performance, however, still is that extra element of quirkiness that is all his own. It's that extra layer of thought he puts in to his performance and those unusual choices he makes that allows the character to feel fresh – different than what we're used to while at the same time, wholly plausible.

    After all is said and done, with all its layers of meaning and different milieus represented within it, CQ ultimately becomes a dissertation on film and the nature of filmmaking as an artform. It depicts the tendency of the artist to lose himself in his work and how said artist can learn to manipulate the art to find his way again (it's no wonder I liked it so much). In that sense, it's a beautifully realized film and another highly auspicious debut from an almost unfairly talented family.
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    • Release date
      • May 31, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • Luxembourg
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM - trailer, synopsis (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Агент 'Стрекоза'
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • American Zoetrope
      • Delux Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $414,358
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $54,942
      • May 27, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $499,891
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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