Tanguy (2001)

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan...

Director:

Étienne Chatiliez

Writers:

Laurent Chouchan, Étienne Chatiliez,

Stars:

Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Eric Berger

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sabine Azéma	...	Edith Guetz
André Dussollier	...	Paul Guetz
Eric Berger	...	Tanguy Guetz
Hélène Duc	...	Odile Guetz
Aurore Clément	...	Carole
Jean-Paul Rouve	...	Bruno Lemoine
André Wilms	...	Le psychiatre
Richard Guedj	...	Patrick
Roger Van Hool	...	Philippe
Nathalie Krebs	...	Noëlle
Delphine Serina	...	Sophie
Sachi Kawamata	...	Kimiko
Annelise Hesme	...	Marguerite
Jacques Boudet	...	Le juge
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Maître Badinier

Storyline

Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan...

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Plot Keywords:

malice | paris france | kitchen | interracial romance | adult lives at home | 

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Taglines:

À 28 ans, toujours chez ses parents

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

1000 Films [fr] (French)

Country:

France

Language:

French Japanese Mandarin

Release Date:

21 November 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Tanguy - Der Nesthocker

Filming Locations:

Beaubourg, Paris 1, Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$71,097 (Belgium) (14 December 2001)

Gross:

$23,498,116 (Europe) (18 January 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions du Champ Poirier, TF1 Films Production, TPS Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The red and white toilet seat that we can see when Edith sobs is the same that was used at the end of Happiness Is in the Field, another film by Étienne Chatiliez.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the scene where Tanguy rushes out the stairs and asks his mother for a shirt (she actually threw away), we can see Eric Berger's head as he's waiting in the stairs to appear.

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Connections

Version of Failure to Launch (2006)

User Reviews

Original and fun

Enjoyable French comedy with funny scenario and inspiring cast. In a way, it reminds me Danny De Vito's "The war of the roses": how a simple idea (there, a case of divorce; here, dad and mom wanting to get rid of his 28 year old son) can be handled with such a black sense of humor, mixing fun and fierce satire at the same time. Unfortunately (and without giving much away), "Tanguy" resents a little from his length and refuses to go further on his almost surreal developed premise taking a kind and conformist turn in the end. Nevertheless, it's much more than entertainment: you'll be amused and will think about its subject after leaving the cinema.