Special Delivery (2002)
"C'est le bouquet!" (original title)

7 a.m. Catherine receives a phone call from someone called Kirsch. This untimely call throws her into a great state of agitation, which she takes out on her boyfriend, Raphaël. Upset, in ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeanne Labrune

Writers:

Richard Debuisne, Jeanne Labrune

Stars:

Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Dominique Blanc

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sandrine Kiberlain	...	Catherine
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Raphaël
Dominique Blanc	...	Edith
Mathieu Amalric	...	Stéphane
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Robert Fresnel
Maurice Bénichou	...	Antoine
Hélène Lapiower	...	Alice
Dominique Besnehard	...	Laurent
Richard Debuisne	...	Emmanuel Kirsch
Gisèle Casadesus	...	La dame
Didier Bezace	...	Le directeur du théâtre
László Szabó	...	Le gardien
Michaël Morris	...	James Siver
Peter Bonke	...	L'homme de Mâcon
Jean-Paul Bonnaire	...	Le quatrième postulant

Storyline

7 a.m. Catherine receives a phone call from someone called Kirsch. This untimely call throws her into a great state of agitation, which she takes out on her boyfriend, Raphaël. Upset, in turn, Raphaël fights with his employer and even succeeds in getting himself fired. To excuse himself for his early morning call, Kirsch decides to send Catherine a bouquet of flowers, which, in Catherine's absence, winds up with her neighbors Alice and Antoine. The bouquet will go from hand to hand, setting off all manner of mistakes, misunderstanding and misinterpretations. The bouquet is the catalyst of a multitude of insignificant events, which reveal the whimsy of our lives today.

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Plot Keywords:

flower | misunderstanding | paris france | absurd humor | dot com boom | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

bac films [fr] (French)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

11 December 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

O Buquê

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$487,304 (France) (20 December 2002)

Gross:

$2,362,549 (Europe) (27 December 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Art-Light Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Les Films Alain Sarde

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Delightful with some profoundness

This is a very enjoyable movie although I consider it a bit inferior to Labrune's previous one, "Ca ira mieux demain". There's been obviously much effort spent on writing the dialogues, the humor is mainly based on language, words being taken literally, in a sort of "absurd logic". Sandrine Kiberlain is great, as usual. And don't miss Thierry Mugler's creations for Dominique Blanc !