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Les Bronzes

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:35:36 -0500

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

'My Best Friend' Trailer No. 1: 'My Best Friend' - Trailer No. 1

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:13:50 -0500

A businessman tries to belatedly learn the fine art of friendship in this comedy from French filmmaker Patrice Leconte. Fran ois (Daniel Auteuil) is an antique dealer who runs an upscale shop with his business partner, Catherine (Julie Gayet). Fran ois is a gently ruthless trader who will do nearly anything to make a deal, and when Catherine throws him a birthday party, someone points out that all the guests are business associates, not personal friends. While Fran ois protests that he does indeed have friends, Catherine calls him on it and makes him a deal -- if he can produce his best friend within ten days, he'll be allowed to keep a valuable vase he recently found for the shop, but if not, the vase will belong to her. Fran ois agrees to the challenge, but while going through his address book, he begins to realize he really doesn't have any especially close friends. Over the course of several days, Fran ois keeps running into Bruno (Dany Boon), a gregarious and friendly taxi driver,

'Intimate Strangers' Trailer: 'Intimate Strangers' - Trailer

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:49:11 -0500

Directed by Patrice Leconte, Confidences Trop Intimes revolves around Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire), who, after suffering from an abusive relationship, approaches a psychiatrist for advice. Determined not to leave anything out, Anna immediately begins an intimate retelling of her life story; unfortunately, she has entered the wrong office. Both intrigued by her story and reluctant to embarrass her, William (Fabrice Luchini), the shy tax lawyer on the receiving end of Anna's diatribe, tries to continue the charade. The film also features Michel Duchaussoy. - Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

My Best Friend

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:21:16 -0500

Francois is a middle-aged antique dealer. He has a stylish apartment and a fabulous life, but at a dinner with a group he considers his dearest acquaintances, he is blindsided by the revelation that none of them actually likes him. He s arrogant, self-centered and harsh, and they don t believe he knows the meaning of friendship. His business partner Catherine makes him a bet: if he can produce his best friend, she will let him keep the massive Greek vase he acquired that afternoon on the company tab. If not, it s hers. Having accepted the wager, Francois naively tears through his address book, trying to shoehorn an increasingly unlikely series of contacts into the all-important role. Moving through Paris, he keeps encountering a trivia-spouting, big-hearted cabbie named Bruno. Bruno s chatty, lowbrow ways grate against Francois s designer temperament, but he covets the other man s easy way with people. He convinces Bruno to teach him how to make friends and sets about learning the thr