Carrément à l'Ouest

Carrément à l'Ouest is a 2001 French comedy drama directed and written by Jacques Doillon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Carrément à l'Ouest
Directed by	Jacques Doillon
Written by	Jacques Doillon
Produced by	Richard Djoudi Marin Karmitz (uncredited)
Cinematography	Caroline Champetier
Edited by	Catherine Quesemand
Music by	Dom Farkas Dom Lemou Jean Lemou
Production companies	Diba Films France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange
Release date	May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Lou Doillon as Fred
• Caroline Ducey as Silvia
• Guillaume Saurrel as Alex
• Camille Clavel as François, the student
• Xavier Villeneuve as Xavier, Alex's brother
• Hafed Benotman as Ben, François's friend
• Joshua Phillips as Hotel clerk
• Antoine Chain as Customer
• Arthur Chain as Hotel bellboy
• Aurore Giradolle as Girl in night-club
• Hervé Duhamel as Cash machine customer
• Hassan Dramé as 18 Arrondissement boy

Islid Le Besco controversy

In February 2024, French actress Isild Le Besco alleged that while she was trying to star in the film in the year 2000, Carrément à l'Ouest director Jacques Doillon attempted to sexually blackmail her.^[2]