CQ (film)

CQ
American release poster
Directed by	Roman Coppola
Written by	Roman Coppola
Produced by	Gary Marcus
Starring	Jeremy Davies Angela Lindvall Élodie Bouchez Gérard Depardieu Massimo Ghini Giancarlo Giannini John Phillip Law Jason Schwartzman Dean Stockwell Billy Zane
Cinematography	Robert D. Yeoman
Edited by	Leslie Jones Louise Rubacky
Music by	Mellow
Production companies	United Artists American Zoetrope Delux Productions Film Fund Luxembourg
Distributed by	MGM Distribution Co.
Release dates	May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12) (Cannes) May 24, 2002 (2002-05-24)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	United States Luxembourg France Italy
Languages	English French
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$499,891[1]

CQ is a 2001 comedy-drama film written and directed by Roman Coppola in his feature directorial debut. It premiered out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

The film is an homage to 1960s European spy/sci-fi spoofs like 1968's Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik as well as the 1967 documentary spoof David Holzman's Diary. The cinematography is by Robert D. Yeoman. The film stars Jeremy Davies and Angela Lindvall, also co-starring Élodie Bouchez, Jason Schwartzman, Giancarlo Giannini, Gérard Depardieu, Billy Zane, John Phillip Law, and Dean Stockwell.

The film features an original soundtrack by French electronic band Mellow, which was released on Emperor Norton Records.

CQ was released by United Artists. The title CQ is revealed to be code for "seek you", in line with the movie's theme of seeking and finding love.