Serial Lover (1998)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Romain Berthomieu (writer)
James Huth (writer)

Release Date:

22 April 1998 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Four men meet one woman. Not a balance of power.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Death | Tragedy | Blood | Neo Noir

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michèle Laroque	...	Claire Doste
Albert Dupontel	...	Eric Cellier
Elise Tielrooy	...	Alice Doste
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Charles Thiriot
Gilles Privat	...	Ruitchi dit Chichi
Zinedine Soualem	...	Prince Hakim
Antoine Basler	...	Sacha Peters
Didier Bénureau	...	Bruno Helgen
Philippe Vieux	...	Giuseppe
Patrick Ligardes	...	Pino
Isabelle Nanty	...	Isabelle
Pierre-François Martin-Laval	...	Greenrabbit
Maurice Barthélémy	...	Maurice Speedrabbit
Steve Suissa
Marina Foïs	...	Mina Schuster

Runtime:

83 min | Australia:89 min | Germany:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:18

Company:

Canal+

Quotes:

Eric Cellier: And where is the fourth guest ?
Claire Doste: Sasha ? I sent him...
Eric Cellier: Sent him ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy...
Eric Cellier: Sent him buy ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy some...
Eric Cellier: Sent him buy some ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy some bread.
Eric Cellier: You're right. It's important, bread !

Movie Connections:

References Detour (1945)

Dead groom humor

What happens if a women (bestseller krimi writer) decide to invite all her boyfriends, for a dinner, to choose a husband? All four knows that they become opponents, and to get the desired women they might hurt each other. I guessed this will be the outcome. But movie makers have a bigger fantasy. Claire, the heroine, (no not the drug) kills them one by one. Accidents happen all the time, but so fatal ones! So funny that hurts! Than the police arrives in the figure of the usual police duo: a small stupid, and the tall ice cold look detective. When the police left arrives the party, with all components of it: dancing men and women, most of them drunken, or in a deep depression. They find the dead grooms, but don't discover them. After the party comes to an end, the two robbers arrive. Than the detectives back.

The movie ends with a good outcome, you think. The dead bodies disappear and everybody goes home, police leave, ST as the robbers. But than comes the last twist the last joke not to forget the beginning.

So go to the video store and enjoy!