When I get a foreign DVD from the City Library (with English captions) it can sometimes be a surprise, and this one certainly was! I had confused it with a boring and trivial French entry to the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival. I have never been happier to be wrong.
This delightful French comedy had me giggling from the get-go! Two best friends have to deal with the guy's mental and emotional problems. Of course, we, in the audience, because we are all-seeing and all-knowing, realize that his major problem is that he loves HER! She, naturally, is oblivious.
We see:
- Virginie Ledoyen ("The Valet") is a good friend just trying to help....
- Emmanuel Mouret ("L'art d'aimer") is the besotted sad sack we are rooting for...
- Julie Gayet ("L'art de séduirer") is a sort of Scheherezade telling a story that bedazzles, bewitches and delays....
- Michael Cohen ("Rebirth") just tries to keep it real...
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Here is a link to a trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0920473/
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Here is a link to a trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0920473/
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