Pretty Things (2001 film)

Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses) is a 2001 French drama film written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, based on the 1998 novel Les Jolies Choses by Virginie Despentes. It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.^[3] In the film, Marion Cotillard portrays twins of completely opposite characters, Lucie and Marie. She was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance.^[4]

Pretty Things
Theatrical release poster
French	Les Jolies Choses
Directed by	Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Screenplay by	Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Based on	Les Jolies Choses by Virginie Despentes
Produced by	Stéphane Marsil
Starring	Marion Cotillard Stomy Bugsy Patrick Bruel Ophélie Winter Titoff
Cinematography	Pascal Ridao
Edited by	Bertrand Collard
Music by	David Moreau
Production companies	Hugo Films M6 Films C.A.P.A.C.
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release dates	21 July 2001 (2001-07-21) (Melbourne) 14 November 2001 (2001-11-14) (France)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€3.3 million[1] ($3.8 million)
Box office	$913,068[2]

Cast

• Marion Cotillard as Marie / Lucie
  • Clémence Roussillon as young Marie
  • Anna Roussillon as young Lucie
• Stomy Bugsy as Nicolas
• Patrick Bruel as Jacques
• Titoff as Sébastien
• Ophélie Winter as Jessica
• Tony Amoni as Steve
• Matthieu Touboul as Martin
• Olivier Granier as the father
• Aude Brenner as the mother
• Nikita Lespinasse as Heidi
• Guy Amram as Fred
• Martin Amic as Arthur
• Axelle Renoir as the journalist

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	Deauville Film Festival	Michel d'Ornano Award	Gilles Paquet-Brenner	Won[3]
2002	César Awards	Most Promising Actress	Marion Cotillard	Nominated[4]

In popular culture

The name of the film is an answer to a pop trivia game in The Office episode "Trivia".^[5]