The biggest scandal in music history is being portrayed in the upcoming film, Girl You Know It’s True. It follows the story of pop duo Milli Vanilli during their rise to fame in the late 1980s. The film showcases the early careers of Fabrice Morvan and Robert Pilatus who began as dancers and turned into singers.
The duo became global stars but the world soon discovered that the two singers never actually sang a single word of their songs. The film has been directed by Simon Verhoeven and produced by Quirin Berg, and Max Wiedemann.
South Africans can look forward to the film’s launch in local cinemas on 21 June. Bookings open soon.
Hit producer Frank Farian (Matthias Schweighöfer) takes on unknown dancers Rob Pilatus (Tijan Njie) and Fab Morvan (Elan Ben Ali) for his next music project. A meteoric rise ensues that exceeds all bounds. The two friends Rob and Fab conquer the international charts under the name of Milli Vanilli, have three Number One hits in the US and enjoy a life of excess in Hollywood. There is only a small circle of insiders who know their secret: the duo don’t sing themselves at all – they merely move their lips to the voices of the real singers. At the height of their fame, when Milli Vanilli win a Grammy and tour America, the truth finally comes to light. While the mighty apparatus that has been pulling the duo’s strings quickly washes its hands of the affair, Rob and Fab find themselves in the middle of the biggest scandal in music history…
