Rent Stéphane (2023)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 19min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Skilfully blending elements of Mark Duplass' Creep with 1992's Man Bites Dog, alongside mis-matched buddy movies such as The Cable Guy, Stéphane is a darkly comic thriller set in the world of amateur film-making that is as bleakly funny as it is disturbingly twisted. When Tim (Bastien Garcia), a committed and aspiring filmmaker, encounters the eccentric Stéphane (Lucas Pastor), it seems like a match made in heaven. Stéphane claims to be an experienced SFX supervisor and stuntman who quickly impresses Tim with his home-made pyrotechnics. The two men decide to embark on a journey to Stéphane's private island to film an ambitious World War II epic, along with Stéphane's acquaintance, a selective mute refugee actress named Bianca (Eva Gregorieff). But as Tim and Stéphane's movie-making odyssey develops, it soon becomes apparent that neither of them may be what they claim, and tensions quickly escalate. Part found-footage, part sinister thriller and part self-reflexive black comedy, Stéphane is punk filmmaking at its finest, right up until the final, chilling post-credits scene. - Actors:
- Lucas Pastor, Bastien Garcia, Eva Grégorieff, Eléna Bultot, Louis Rossignol, François Duroy, Xavier Cordonnier, Laurent Collombert, Stéphane Filloque, Sakir Uyar, Azzaro de La Terasserie, Goldie, Antoine de Caunes, Julien Doré
- Directors:
- Timothée Hochet, Lucas Pastor
- Producers:
- Vanessa Brias
- Writers:
- Timothée Hochet, Lucas Pastor
- Aka:
- Стефан
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/08/2026
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary with co-writer/directors Timothée Hochet & Lucas Pastor, recorded exclusively for Arrow Video in 2025
- Eight never-before-seen deleted scenes with optional commentary by co-writer/directors Timothée Hochet and Lucas Pastor
- Original trailer
- Arrow Video trailer