In this film by Anne Fontaine, we probably meet the most unlikely couple in French-speaking movies: the actress Isabelle Huppert and the Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde.
Could anyone imaging them living together, even acting together? No, not til now.
Huppert is Agathe, who's leading a prestigious art gallery, living near Jardin du Luxembourg, with a seven year long education, being "hi" and "hello" with ministers etc.
Poelvoorde is Patrick, doing some small work now and then and the rest of the time living on uemployment compensation, living in a small camion, almost doing seven years (not education) in prison, being "hi" and "hello" with the bottles he meets.
She loves intellectual debates, he loves having sex with unknown women with big breasts.
They don't ressemble each other at all, and they can't stand each other either.
If it hadn't been for their sons, they would never have met but the sons are best friends even thought the reasons for this will be revealed later on and not at all correspond to the notion of the two boys.
Meantime, Patrick is offered a job in Agathe's apartment, offered to him by her husband. The latter having met a young ecologist, fond of trees and taking him out to different excursions, to tiresome for this elderly, not so well fit man.
Of course Patrick and Agathe learn to understand one another better but what is that will be revealed concerning their sons?
It's a comedy and as such of course playing on the total difference between these two actors, Huppert being known for dramatic, sometimes psychologically complicated role characters, and Poelvoorde nothing like that at all.
The result is rather charming though it's not the most hilarious comedy I've seen as Poelvoorde is somewhat to much himself and having seen him before, it tends to become somewhat repetetive.
Huppert is no comediénne but she does alright in this film anyway.
The theme is of course not new, we've seen these kind of subjects before.
Huppert is Agathe, who's leading a prestigious art gallery, living near Jardin du Luxembourg, with a seven year long education, being "hi" and "hello" with ministers etc.
Poelvoorde is Patrick, doing some small work now and then and the rest of the time living on uemployment compensation, living in a small camion, almost doing seven years (not education) in prison, being "hi" and "hello" with the bottles he meets.
She loves intellectual debates, he loves having sex with unknown women with big breasts.
They don't ressemble each other at all, and they can't stand each other either.
If it hadn't been for their sons, they would never have met but the sons are best friends even thought the reasons for this will be revealed later on and not at all correspond to the notion of the two boys.
Meantime, Patrick is offered a job in Agathe's apartment, offered to him by her husband. The latter having met a young ecologist, fond of trees and taking him out to different excursions, to tiresome for this elderly, not so well fit man.
Of course Patrick and Agathe learn to understand one another better but what is that will be revealed concerning their sons?
It's a comedy and as such of course playing on the total difference between these two actors, Huppert being known for dramatic, sometimes psychologically complicated role characters, and Poelvoorde nothing like that at all.
The result is rather charming though it's not the most hilarious comedy I've seen as Poelvoorde is somewhat to much himself and having seen him before, it tends to become somewhat repetetive.
Huppert is no comediénne but she does alright in this film anyway.
The theme is of course not new, we've seen these kind of subjects before.
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They embodied the best cinematic couple in France in 2011!
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