Rire et châtiment (2003)

Director:

Isabelle Doval

Writers:

Olivier Dague (writer)
Isabelle Doval (writer)

Release Date:

22 January 2003 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Vincent Roméro is an osteopath who makes a point of being funny every minute he is awake. In fact it is his way to remain the center of attention...

Plot Keywords:

Accidental Killing | Dog | Happiness | Hospital | Human Relationship

Cast

José Garcia	...	Vincent Roméro
Isabelle Doval	...	Camille Sétine
Laurent Lucas	...	Jacques
Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Le prof de secourisme
Véronique Picciotto	...	Catherine
Philippe Uchan	...	Pierre
Judith El Zein	...	Agnès
Marie Mergey	...	Madame Bourdier
Renaud Rutten	...	Chauffeur de taxi
Alain Bouzigues	...	Le dragueur dans la rue
Valérie Benguigui	...	Audrey
Jean-Marie Lamour	...	Mickäel
Bénédicte Charpiat	...	Jeune femme
François Berland	...	Barman bar billard
Delphine Bibet	...	Libraire russe

Also Known As:

Laughter and Punishment (International: English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

MP Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Russian waiter speaks to Vincent in Russian, what he says is subtitled as "Do you have Slavic origins?", while it really means "Do you have Orthodoxal origins", which is clearly not what it was intended to be.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Rire et châtiment: le making of (2003)

If you like José Garcia, you'll love this movie !

Finally a movie where Jose Garcia has all the place he wants to breath and really express himself ! (All right, maybe it's because his wife directs the movie, that's a minimum !)And the scenes with Benoit Poelvoorde are masterpieces ! This is not only a very funny movie (sometimes it's very subtle, it's even better) it has a real purpose : to make you realize how lucky you are before loosing everything completely, some moving moments, but there's always a trace of humor after so you never stop laughing while the message goes through.

I had a really good time with this movie, I hope you will too !