Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Yvan Attal

Writer:

Yvan Attal (writer)

Release Date:

25 August 2004 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

Is the love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Bachelor | Love | Friend | Oral Sex

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	L'inconnu
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Gabrielle
Sébastien Vidal	...	Thibault
Yvan Attal	...	Vincent
Chloé Combret	...	Chloé
Christiane Oui-Oui	...	La femme de chambre
Alain Cohen	...	Fred
Carolina Gynning	...	Zoé
Alain Chabat	...	Georges
Ben Attal	...	Joseph
Emmanuelle Seigner	...	Nathalie
Kitu Gidwani	...	Mme Gibson
Sujay Sood	...	M. Gibson
Ruben Marx	...	Antoine
Jérôme Bertin	...	Le client du garage

Also Known As:

...And They Lived Happily Ever After (International: English title)
Happily Ever After (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

Italian | French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-15 | France:U | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Marrakech, Morocco

Company:

Hirsch

Trivia:

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal play parents to their real-life son Ben Attal

Quotes:

Georges: [subtitled version] Stop Yelling! And stop boxing, people will think I beat you!

Movie Connections:

References The Four Feathers (2002)

Soundtrack:

I'm waiting for my man

Playing Away

This is the third film from triple-threat (Writer-Director-Actor) Yvan Attal and arguably his best. Once again he has cast his real-life partner (they have just had a child) Charlotte Gainsbourg as his screen wife and cast fellow triple-threat wda Alain Chabat as his best friend. Whilst Vincent (Attal) and Gabrielle (Gainsbourg) have a seemingly ideal marriage Georges (Chabat) and Nathalie (Emmanuelle Seigner) are more tempestuous and Nathalie's nagging is ever present. Both couples have a child hence the title, They Were Married And Had Many Children, which is also the French equivalent of the fairy-tale ending 'and so they lived happily ever after'. The third man, Fred (Alain Cohen) is single and has no shortage of girls. This is the broad outline. The twist, such as it is requires Fred to envy the married state, Vincent to lead a double life that fools even Georges and Fred and Georges, the logical one to cheat on a nagging wife to be faithful. Most of the five principals are virtually unknown outside France - Chabat appeared in 'Le Gout des Autres', Attal in 'Bon Voyage' - but Anouk Aimee who plays Vincent's mother is certainly known if only for 'A Man And A Woman' whilst Berri, of course, directed 'Jean de Florette' and 'Manon des Sources'. Attal has done a workmanlike job of exploring male bonding - the men spend hours playing football - and precarious relationships and it's the kind of film that can find an audience abroad. 7/10