Fierrot le pou

{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{italic title}} '''''Fierrot le pou''''' is a 1990 [[France|French]] 8-minute [[short film]] directed by [[Mathieu Kassovitz]], his debut film. He also plays the lead role in the film as the basketball player.

==Synopsis== An adolescent loner meets an attractive young woman in a gymnasium and tries to impress her with his skill as a [[basketball]] player. Unfortunately, his skill is virtually non-existent and his futile attempts to net the ball only embarrasses him further. Still, he is determined to succeed by imagining he is a black basketball player.

==Cast== * [[Mathieu Kassovitz]] as the sloppy male basketball player * [[Solange Labonne]] as Solange, the female basketball player * [[Alain Bienna Labinski]] as the black basketball player

==Technical contributions== * Image : [[Georges Diane]] * Sound : [[Vincent Tulli]] * Montage : [[Chantal Rémy]]

==About the film== * For his first film, [[Mathieu Kassovitz]] did not have a lot of means. He was inspired by the film model of [[Luc Besson]] in his debut film ''[[Le Dernier Combat]]'' where the story line requires neither lighting nor dialog. * [[Chantal Rémy]], Kassovitz' mother, did the editing of the film. * The title is derived from the [[Jean-Luc Godard]] film ''[[Pierrot le fou]]'' and the French expression ''fier comme un pou'' (proud like a louse) which is used to characterize someone very proud of himself.

==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099567/ IMDb page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120131125216/http://www.mathieukassovitz.com/izno/passe/real/films/fierrot_le_pou.html Film page on director Mathieu Kassovitz website (in French)] *{{YouTube|3-1eVuDHCUs|''Fierrot le pou'' film}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fierrot Le Pou}} [[Category:1990 films]] [[Category:Basketball films]] [[Category:Films directed by Mathieu Kassovitz]] [[Category:French comedy short films]] [[Category:1990 French films]] {{1990s-France-film-stub}}