Product Details

• Actors: Emmanuelle Seigner. Isild Le Besco.
• Directors: Emmanuelle Bercot
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Strand Releasing
• DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
• Run Time: 115 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000L43ANY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,013 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Backstage" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as with near-operatic intensity the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture. Studio: Strand Releasing Release Date: 04/03/2007 Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner Isild Le Besco Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just "for girls"!, March 28, 2009

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D. S. MD (Goldens Bridge, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backstage (DVD)

I'm no liitle girl, rather a 57 year old male -a physician and surgeon,
and I was very much impressed by this gem when it aired recently on Sundance. I was hoping to download its signature song here, "Je ne partirai pas ce soir" (unsuccessfully) when I came across the first and only review. It helps to know French, I suppose, but it is a fine film indeed and I enjoyed it immensely ... despite my age and sex.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for the film but ONE for the DVD: NOT WIDESCREEN!, October 10, 2009

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Garmonbozia (The Northwest, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backstage (DVD)

I loved the film---some great acting turns, especially by the young lady in the lead. I could feel the intensity of her emotion! It's been many years since I had a hopeless crush on a celebrity (and never to this degree), but I felt like I was going through this experience with Lucie, feeling her love, longing, pain, disappointment, and devotion.

That said, beware! This film is NOT widescreen, and the transfer is terrible, from a dirty and scratched film. Chopping the sides of the film off also cut off part of the burned-in subtitles. This wonderful film deserves a better presentation!

5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, sexy, November 4, 2011

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woodx (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Backstage (DVD)

Fascinating drama about a megastar pop singer and one of her obsessed fans. Casting is perfect in this film, Seigner and Le Besco are wonderful and really pull you into the drama. Definitely raw and challenging, but great cinema. There is a fairly important character decision that seemed a little surprising to me, one I've had a hard time accepting even on a second viewing. It provides the final drama, but it is the only flaw in an otherwise strong film.