Skip to content
The Couch Critic Logo
Being Jacques Chirac

Being Jacques Chirac

Original Title: Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac

20061h 30m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2006

Runtime

1h 30m

Where to Watch
Streaming availability by country
How to compare streaming availability
Provider type

Rent

1
Amazon VideoAmazon Video

Buy

1
Amazon VideoAmazon Video
Streaming data provided byJustWatch
Updated daily

Storyline

"When reality is worst than fiction."

Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic gestures, jerky speeches and feverish cavalcades. This mockumentary is based on archival footage and told at the first person (the voice of the French president is provided by imitator Didier Gustin). The main comic effect comes from the contradictions between the various speeches of the French President. The title comes from the title of the French-language version of Being John Malkovich.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
May 31, 2006
Languages
French
Director
Karl Zéro
Karl Zéro
Michel Royer
Production
Bonne Pioche
Bonne Pioche
Production Countries
France

Recommended Movies

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty poster
Movie

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Nov 2000

Fuck poster
Movie

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

Fuck

Nov 2006

Naqoyqatsi poster
Movie

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Naqoyqatsi

Sep 2002

Capital in the Twenty-First Century poster
Movie

Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Sep 2019

The U.S. vs. John Lennon poster
Movie

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Sep 2006