Directed by:
Christian VincentCinematography:
Hélène LouvartComposer:
André ManoukianCast:
José Garcia, Isabelle Carré, François Cluzet, Mar Sodupe, Michel Vuillermoz, Marius Colucci, Luis Rego, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Charline Paul, Guilaine Londez (more)Plots(1)
What should one do with an unexpected inheritance of 50,000 Euro? This is the question preoccupying Franssou, who has suddenly been blessed with this windfall. Should she save the money, invest it, or buy something expensive with it? But all of those ideas are far to petty minded for Franssou. Much better to spend it trying out a different kind of life, a life free from financial constraints in which she can simply live for the moment. This is the first thing that occurs to the teacher from the country. She sets off for the Côte d´Azur and checks into the best hotel on the square – the Carlton. A hotel with four stars! Things couldn't be better, she thinks. She meets Stéphane. He is young and has plans. Stéphane's primary interest is in money. Especially other people's money. This charming scoundrel's attention is immediately drawn to Franssou. Yet the young woman, who clearly possesses the innate ease and confidence of the upper classes, is by no means as guileless as Stéphane had hoped. She sees through his game – even before he has a chance to make his opening gambit. No wonder that he and Franssou throw in their lot together. The couple meet a third character. Once a racing driver, he now has plenty of time on his hands – and a past in which things did not always run as smoothly as he is wont to pretend. Christian Vincent's comedy is about money, morals and love, as well as all kinds of complications in this particular force field. Subjects that, ever since the films of Ernst Lubitsch, has always been the stuff of real comedy. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
José Garcia
France
Best movies:
Now You See Me (2013)
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
Elisa (1995)
Isabelle Carré
France
Best movies:
Marie's Story (2014)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
The Day of the Crows (2012)
François Cluzet
France
Best movies:
The Intouchables (2011)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Mar Sodupe
Best movies:
The Bélier Family (2014)
La caza (2019) (series)
The White Crow (2018)
Michel Vuillermoz
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Atonement (2007)
My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Marius Colucci
Best movies:
A Family Murder Party (2006) (series)
Les Âmes grises (2005)
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009) (series)
Luis Rego
Portugal
Best movies:
Rookies Run Amok (1971)
Distracted (1970)
Attila Marcel (2013)
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Chorus (2004)
Le Cousin (1997)
Charline Paul
Best movies:
Red Lights (2004)
Comme les autres (2008)
The Night of the 12th (2022)
Guilaine Londez
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
Night and Day (1991)
Jean-Philippe (2006)
Ham-Chau Luong
Best movies:
The Discord (1978)
French Connection 2 (1975)
The Pillow Book (1996)
Renée Le Calm
France
Best movies:
Paris (2008)
Maigret (1991) (series)
You Are So Beautiful (2005)
Philippe Manesse
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Womanlight (1979)
Themroc (1973)
Marcelle Barreau
Best movies:
The Girl from Lorraine (1981)
Anna (1988)
My Camera and Me (2002)
Olivier Dazat
Best movies:
Les Saveurs du Palais (2012)
Du jour au lendemain (2006)
Four Stars (2006)
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat
France
Best movies:
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Frantz (2016)
Guillaume Bacquet
Best movies:
Four Stars (2006)
Sheitan (2006)