Oui, mais... (2001)

Director:

Yves Lavandier

Writer:

Yves Lavandier (writer)

Release Date:

18 April 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Attracted but also frightened by her sexuality, a teenage girl undergoes a brief therapy with a warm, humorous and competent psychotherapist.

Plot Keywords:

Therapist | Coming Of Age | Psychotherapy | Teenager | Ellipsis In Title

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Émilie Dequenne	...	Eglantine Laville
Gérard Jugnot	...	Erwann Moenner - the psychotherapist
Alix de Konopka	...	Denise Laville
Cyrille Thouvenin	...	Sébastien 'Seb' Douglas
Vanessa Jarry	...	Françoise
Patrick Bonnel	...	André Laville
Stéphane Szestak	...	Kevin
Ahmed Guedayia	...	Youssef
Gaëtan Fauchoix	...	Nicolas
Cédric Michel	...	Christian
Aurélie Babled	...	Sophie
Pierre Bianco	...	Prof d'Anglais
Sylvie Jobert	...	Prof de Maths
Martine Gautier	...	Amie Denise Laville
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Mr. Chanteau

Also Known As:

Yes, But... (International: English title) (festival title) (USA) (DVD title)
La thérapie d'Eglantine (France) (working title)
Thérapie (France) (working title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

France:U

Filming Locations:

Cinéma Pathé - 79 Rue de la République, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Company:

Canal+

Quotes:

Eglantine Laville: You don't have an alcoholic mother and an absent father.
Moenner, the psychotherapist: You're right, I don't know how it is. I was lucky. I had a hysterical mother and several unfit fathers. Want to switch?

Soundtrack:

Suite symphonique

Oui, mais... Yves Lavandier's masterpiece I'd like to see in Germany

Although the film has been on the cinema in other countries, we are still waiting for it in Germany. I wonder why, since "Oui, mais..." is such an elegant revelation of the popular psychologic games making our lives a hell... and such a beautiful, light, warm and entertaining homage to what therapy can do.

Particularly when you're an adolescent still having all choices of life to make (partner, profession, lifestyle). It's true, 17-year-old Eglantine has fallen in a cesspool (her mom being depressive and alcoholic, her Dad paying off his love in bills for good marks, her first love having slight difficulties in diffentiating sex from love, and she herself being afraid of leaving the nest). Fortunately for her, Erwann Moenner, therapist, talkative and therefore appearing very human, shows her how she can come out of the s***, have a good shower, understand how she could have fallen in the cesspool and perhaps afterwards, read scholarly books on s***...

I had the privilege to see the film on a francophone TV-channel and was deeply touched. Being able to see it again in a German cinema would be just wonderful.