Released Date:
2003-12-17
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (2645 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre SalvadoriDanièle Dubroux (idea)
Benoèt Graffin (scenario)
David Lèotard (collaboration)
Pierre Salvadori (dialogue)
Pierre Salvadori (scenario)
Marc Syrigas (collaboration)
Antoine is a maitre d' in a Paris brasserie, Chez Jean, and is so full of being of service to others that he can't say 'no'. Late for dinner with his girlfriend, Christine, he takes a shortcut home through the park but finds a stranger, Louis, in the act of committing suicide by hanging. Louis is distraught by the loss of his girlfriend, Blanche, and is so grateful that he attaches himself to Antoine. Antoine arranges a job for Louis - as a sommelier at Chez Jean and sets about trying to repair Louis' life...
Released Date:
2003-12-17
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (2645 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre SalvadoriDanièle Dubroux (idea)
Benoèt Graffin (scenario)
David Lèotard (collaboration)
Pierre Salvadori (dialogue)
Pierre Salvadori (scenario)
Marc Syrigas (collaboration)
Antoine is a maitre d' in a Paris brasserie, Chez Jean, and is so full of being of service to others that he can't say 'no'. Late for dinner with his girlfriend, Christine, he takes a shortcut home through the park but finds a stranger, Louis, in the act of committing suicide by hanging. Louis is distraught by the loss of his girlfriend, Blanche, and is so grateful that he attaches himself to Antoine. Antoine arranges a job for Louis - as a sommelier at Chez Jean and sets about trying to repair Louis' life...
Released Date:
2008-04-11
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (24190 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre SalvadoriPierre Salvadori (scenario)
Benoèt Graffin (scenario)
Pierre Salvadori (dialogue)
Franck Bauchard (script consultant)
In Biarritz with her elderly provider to celebrate her birthday, Irene slips down to the hotel bar when he falls asleep on her. She mistakes barman Jean for a well-healed guest and he encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. A year later the same thing happens but this time her lover finds out and disowns her. Now knowing Jean is indeed a barman of little means doesn't stop her from continuing to live in style until his money is gone. He soon finds himself in Irene's business with older and worldly-wise Madeleine, and though Irene also takes up with a new paramour the two of them keep in increasingly close touch.
Released Date:
2014-04-23
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (525 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre SalvadoriPierre Salvadori (screenplay)
David Lèotard (screenplay)
Benoèt Graffin (collaboration)
Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building. He soon proves good at his job, even if he performs it a little eccentrically, and everybody grows fond of him. Antoine also develops a particular friendship with Mathilde, a recently retired woman who lives in the block and whose mental balance is deteriorating...
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