The Shiny Shrimps (2019)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 8, 2019Release Date
The Shiny Shrimps (2019)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 8, 2019Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete. It's the start of a bumpy and joyful ride - Faster, Higher, Stronger.
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Cast & Crew.
Nicolas Gob
Matthias Le Goff
Alban Lenoir
Jean
Geoffrey Couët
Xavier
Michaël Abiteboul
Cédric
David Baïot
Alex
Jonathan Louis
Le gogo dancer
Pierre Samuel
Bertrand
Thomas Croisière
Pascal
Romain Lancry
Damien
Romain Brau
Fred
Roland Menou
Joël
Félix Martinez
Vincent
Arthur Gillet
Poséidon
Benoît Maréchal
Bram
Anaïs Gilbert
Elsa
Yvon Back
Le Président de la Fédération Française de Natation
Igor A. Nola
Producer
Jean-Louis Barcelona
Hervé Langlois
Maïa Quesemand
Victoire
Thomas Couzinier
Composer
Fabien Fuhrmann
Fils touriste
Marine Benoit
Assistant Director
Samuel Danési
Editor
Vid Spindler
Second Assistant Director
Coralie Amédéo
CastingDirector
Séraphine Bermond
Assistant Director
Dorothée Auboiron
CastingDirector
Karlo Katulic
Third Assistant Director
Marie Dupont
Second Assistant Director
Romain Choay
Co-Writer
Maxime Govare
Director / Writer
Cédric Le Gallo
Director / Writer
Laura Boitel
Script Supervisor
Abdelhadi El Fakir
Production Director / Executive Producer
César Chabrol
First Assistant Director
Edouard Duprey
Delegated Producer
Jérôme Alméras
Director of Photography
David Rit
Sound
Gregoire Couzinier
Sound
Rodolphe Duprez
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 8, 2019
Original NameLes Crevettes pailletées
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Budget$3,500,000
Box Office$4,645,750
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
lgbt athlete
homophobia
queer
gay friends
gay pride
lgbt interest
gay theme
Wiki.
The Shiny Shrimps (French: Les Crevettes pailletées) is a 2019 French sports comedy film directed by Cédric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare. The film stars Nicolas Gob as Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic swimming champion who makes a homophobic comment in a television interview, and is disciplined by the national swim team with the responsibility of coaching a gay water polo team who aspire to compete in the Gay Games.
The film premiered at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival on 19 January 2019, and was released theatrically in France on 8 May 2019. A sequel, The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps (French: La Revanche des Crevettes pailletées), was released on 13 April 2022.
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