Vertical debuted the trailer for ‘Girl You Know it’s True’, a biopic film telling the story of iconic and controversial pop duo Milli Vanilli.
Girl You Know it’s True starring Elan Ben Ali and Tijan Njie as Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, tells the story of the duo’s rise to fame and their eventual fall, considered one of the biggest controversies in music history.
Starring alongside them in the film are Matthias Schweighöfer, Graham Rogers, Bella Dayne, Tijan Marei, Samuel S. Franklin, Mitsou Jung, Penelope Frego, Roxanne Rittmann, and Nico Ehrenteit.
The film was intially released towards the end of 2023, with the American premiere taking place at the 2024 Berlin & Beyond Film Festival.
Release Date
Directed by Simon Verhoeven, ‘Girl You Know it’s True’ opens in theaters on August 9, 2024.
Synopsis
Grammy Award-winning music act Milli Vanilli become the first act to have their prize stripped from them after they are exposed as a fake enterprise with the singers lip-syncing to pre-recorded tracks. The movie follows the meteoric rise of European dancers Rob Pilatus (from Germany) and Fab Morvan (from France) as Milli Vanilli to become one of the most successful pop duos of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Led by established music producer Frank Farian, the two then-unknowns became instant global stars with three number-one hits in the US singles charts, and many more around the world. The catch: Only few knew that the duo did not sing themselves. At the height of their fame, Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award, but the truth was revealed shortly after, which up until today is considered one of the world’s biggest scandals in music history.
Reviews
Ilan Preskovsky in a Channel24 (South Africa) review praised the film giving it a 3.5 score, writing “Verhoeven is very successful at making us care about this group of con artists. You may leave the cinema still thinking of Milli Vanilli as a sad joke, but at least a sad joke that is actually funny and actually sad.”
Brian Orndorf in a Blu-Ray.com review gave the film a 5/10 score, writing “‘Girl You Know It’s True’ doesn’t contain many surprises, and it resembles other titles in the subgenre, sold in a slightly more cartoonish way. It’s still a wild story to revisit, tapping into the hunger for success, with all the characters clinging to a bad idea until their fingers bled. Verhoeven goes for glossiness, which accurately reflects the Milli Vanilli experience, but there seems to be a lot more to this tale than the film is willing to share.
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for ‘Girl You Know it’s True’.