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This film, based on the life of the duo who synchronized their path to fame and fall, fills the façade in many main points.
By Glenn Kenny
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The true story of the German musical duo Milli Vanilli of the 1980s can be perceived by cynical observers as a farce and ended as a tragedy. But despite this fiction film’s arguably quirky straightforward narration (of the actors betting on the duo), it takes its subjects and their intricate and unfortunate cases seriously.
The film, written and directed by Simon Verhoeven (the German director is the son of filmmaker Michael Verhoeven and does not resemble Dutch director Paul Verhoeven), depicts Rob Pilatus’ difficult formative years. He was followed by a white German couple and the first thing you see is a boy whose afro all the neighbors must touch.
The film follows Rob as he delves into the dancing and bureaucracy of a separatist team with Parisian Fab Morvan. They evolved a striking look with long leather-covered hair and were discovered through manufacturer Frank Farian, a Svengali who convinced them that they didn’t want to sing to make it on the most sensible of charts.
They can just lip-sync, that’s not the only illusion: Farian stole the title track of this film, from an organization of R
These occasions constantly surprise, even make them speechless. The computer virus is activated when an accompaniment tape they use to synchronize lips alters a probable live concert. Soon, the duo is forced to face the fact that they were willing, if deceitful, people. In 1998, Pilatus died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
The lead actors – Elan Ben Ali as Morvan, Tijan Njie as Pilatus – look eerily like their genuine models and are more than capable performers. (The other actors are deprived by bad wigs. ) I’m surprised at how cocky they really are.
Girl you know it’s true, unclassified. Duration: 2 hours four minutes. In cinemas.
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