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{{Infobox film
| name           = Babysitting
| image          = Babysitting poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical poster
| director       = Nicolas Benamou <br> [[Philippe Lacheau]]
| producer       = [[Christophe Cervoni]]  <br> Marc Fiszman 
| writer         = Julien Arruti <br> Tarek Boudali <br> [[Philippe Lacheau]] <br> Pierre Lacheau   	
| starring       = [[Philippe Lacheau]] <br> [[Alice David]] <br> Vincent Desagnat 
| music          = Maxime Desprez <br> Michael Tordjman  
| cinematography = Antoine Marteau 
| editing        = Olivier Michaut-Alchourroun  
| studio         = Axel Films <br> Madame Films <br> Cinéfrance 1888 <br> Good Lap Production  
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]] International France
| released       = {{Film date|2014|4|16|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = France
| language       = French
| budget         = $3.4 million<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=14191 | title = Babysitting  | publisher =JP's Box-Office | accessdate = 17 January 2015}}</ref>
| gross          = $20.3 million<ref name="Universal">{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2015/01/universal-pictures-local-language-strategy-russell-crowe-brendan-ocarrell-1201342040/ | title = Universal Pictures' Local Language Strategy Pays Off In 2014 | author = Ali Jaafar | publisher = [[Deadline Hollywood]] | date = January 6, 2015 | access-date = January 9, 2015}}</ref>
}}

'''''Babysitting''''' is a 2014 French [[comedy film]] shot in the "[[found footage (pseudo-documentary)|found footage]]" style. It is directed by [[Nicolas Benamou]] and [[Philippe Lacheau]]. The film is also the [[directorial debut]] of [[Philippe Lacheau]] which he co-wrote and also starred in along with [[Alice David]] and Vincent Desagnat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Philippe Lacheau s'affiche pour sa comédie "Babysitting"!|newspaper=AlloCiné|date=22 January 2014}}</ref>

== Cast ==
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* [[Philippe Lacheau]] as Franck
* [[Alice David]] as Sonia
* [[Vincent Desagnat]] as Ernest
* Tarek Boudali as Sam
* Julien Arruti as Alex
* Grégoire Ludig as Paul
* David Marsais as Jean
* [[Gérard Jugnot]] as M. Schaudel
* [[Clotilde Courau]] as Mme Schaudel
* [[Philippe Duquesne]] as Agent Caillaud
* Charlotte Gabris as Estelle
* David Salles as Inspector Laville
* Philippe Brigaud as Monsieur Monet
{{div col end}}

== Sequel ==
In January 2015, Universal Pictures confirmed that a sequel was in production. It was released in December 2015 and titled ''[[Babysitting 2]]''.<ref name="Universal"/>

==Remake==
An Italian remake, entitled ''[[I babysitter]]'', was released on 19 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cinema.everyeye.it/articoli/recensione-i-babysitter-mandelli-ruffini-in-una-commedia-scatenata-31144.html|title=I babysitter, Mandelli e Ruffini in una commedia scatenata|author=Francesco Lo Muscio|date=18 October 2016|work=Everyeye}}</ref>

it was remade by Iain Morris under production by eOne, Angry Films and Moonriver Content.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/babysitting-english-remake-french-comedy-eone-angry-films-moonriver-content-iain-morris-peter-hoare-don-murphy-susan-montford-1202106325/ | title='Babysitting' English-Language Remake of Hit French Comedy Set for Big Screen | date=2 June 2017 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|3013602|Babysitting}}

{{Philippe Lacheau}}

[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 comedy films]]
[[Category:2014 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2014 French films]]
[[Category:2010s French-language films]]
[[Category:French comedy films]]
[[Category:Found footage films]]
[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Philippe Lacheau]]
[[Category:French-language comedy films]]


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