La Bande à Fifi’s first film, featured in their daily sketch Le Grand Journal de Canal+ between 2005 and 2007, Babysitting hit the big screen in 2014.
Co-directed by Philippe Lashaw and Nicolas Benamou, this comedy sees a babysitting night turn into a crazy birthday party. And, a rather rare feature in the French cinematic landscape, the feature film, like Project X, is based on the technique of found footage.
on its production, baby sitting It was well received by critics and notably won the Special Jury Prize at the Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival. But above all, it is one of the surprise box office hits of 2014 with a total release of 2.3 million.
Building on this success, the duo formed by Philippe Lashaw and Nicolas Benamou launched a second opus, which was released the following year. This time, the adventure of the heroes takes place in Brazil under the influence of the American reality show. Man vs. wildin which the participants must survive in a hostile environment, as well as Robert Zemeckis’ adventure film Chasing the Green Diamond.
Faithful to the recipe that made its predecessor a success – the familiar found footage technique, the deliciously stilted schoolboy pacing, a certain taste for the unexpected – Babysitting 2 also benefits from dreamlike settings and Christian Klavier’s revved up. A successful bet for La Bande à Fifi as the film attracted more than 3 million viewers to cinemas.
Nanny 2 By Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lachaux with Philippe Lachaux, Alice David, Vincent Desanat…
from the age of 10
Tonight on W9 at 9.05pm.
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