| Hellphone | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Huth |
| Produced by | Patrick Malakian |
| Written by | James Huth Sonja Shillito (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jean-Baptiste Maunier Jennifer Decker Benjamin Jungers Vladimir Consigny Édouard Collin Baptiste Caillaud Anaïs Demoustier |
| Music by | The Elderberries (songs) |
| Cinematography | Bruno Coulais |
| Editing by | Antoine Vareille |
| Distributed by | Studio Canal |
| Release date(s) | March 28, 2007 (France) |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country |  France |
| Language | French |
Hellphone is a 2007 French film.
The film begins with Sid Soupir admiring the girl of his dreams, Angie. His friend, Pierre, encourages him to talk to her. Sid agrees but decides to impress Angie with his skateboarding moves first. At first he succeeds in getting Angie's attention but he crashes into a vegetable cart. Angie's two friends, Margot and Clemence laugh while Angie pulls Sid to his feet. Sid offers to make plans with Angie as Angie's sort-of boyfriend, Virgile, and his friends watch from a distance. Angie agrees and offers to get Sid's cellphone number but Sid replies he does not have a cellphone at all. Pierre butts in, lying that Sid had to cancel his cellphone plan as a crazy Russian ex-girlfriend was stalking him. Unimpressed, Angie's friends lead her away.
Back home, Sid asks his mother if he can have his birthday money in advance. She is only able to spare €30 and Sid resolves to ask money from his boss at the fast food restaurant he works at.
At his job, Sid asks his boss for his paycheck in advance. The boss refuses and Sid asks instead for an advance of €50, then €40, then €30, and then €20. The boss instead pulls out a €100 note which turns out to be counterfeit. Seeing as €30 will be the only money he is able to raise, Sid goes to a dinky shop run by Patrick Vo. After some haggling, Sid gets a cellphone,a sleek red phone with two protruding horns at the top. The phone comes to life in his hands which astonishes the shopkeeper who has been trying to turn it on. He tries to take the phone back so he can sell it for more but Sid runs away.
Soon, Sid finds that this phone has some sort of malicious attraction to him, as it destroys his enemies (by setting their hair on fire, making them bake themselves, etc.) and enables him to court Angie. Soon though, he finds that the "Hellphone" is out to kill Angie in order to continue to be with Sid. Now Sid must find a way to spare himself and the "Girl of his Dreams" before it is too late...
In the end, our three protagonists (Sid, Angie, and Pierre) manage to freeze the phone, and throw it overboard on a ship as Sid and Angie kiss.
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