...And They Lived Happily Ever After (2004) Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (original title)

Director:

Yvan Attal

Writer:

Yvan Attal (written by)

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 | Love | Bachelor | Friend | Listening To Music

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
Christine Paillard
Angie David	...	La maîtresse
Sarah Delorme	...	Ludivine, la lycéenne
Gary Cowan
Keith Allen	...	L'homme de la piscine
Marie-Sophie Wilson	...	Florence (as Marie-Sophie Wilson-Carr)
Stéphanie Murat	...	Géraldine
Aurore Clément	...	La mère de la maîtresse de Vincent
Marie Masciangelo
Anouk Aimée	...	La mère de Vincent
Claude Berri	...	Le père de Vincent
Nicolas Vaude	...	Le spectateur mécontent

Directed by
Yvan Attal

Writing credits
Yvan Attal		(written by)

Produced by
Claude Berri	....	producer
Sarim Fassi	....	executive producer (as Salim Fassi Fihri)
Pierre Grunstein	....	executive producer
Nathalie Rheims	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Brad Mehldau

Cinematography by
Rémy Chevrin

Film Editing by
Jennifer Augé

Casting by
Noureddine Aberdine
Antoinette Boulat
Laurent Soulet

Production Design by
Katia Wyszkop

Art Direction by
Alexandra Lassen

Set Decoration by
Sandrine Mauvezin

Costume Design by
Jacqueline Bouchard

Makeup Department
Françoise Andrejka	....	makeup artist

Production Management
François-Xavier Bazin	....	unit manager
Aimeric Bonello	....	unit production manager
Nicole Firn	....	production manager
Jerome Pinot	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurent Goldztejn	....	assistant director
Olivier Horlait	....	first assistant director
Stéphane Manaranche	....	third assistant director
Elizabeth Marre	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Philippe Auclaire	....	construction coordinator
Philippe Auclaire	....	construction manager
Nicolas Decaux	....	carpenter
Alexandra Lassen	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Didier Saïn	....	sound
Stéphane Vizet	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	scan and printing: Duboicolor
Mélodie Boileau	....	visual effects coordinator
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects director
Nicolas Daniel	....	video operator: Duboi
Thierry Delobel	....	compositing supervisor
Xavier Fourmond	....	digital artist
Philippe Huberdeau	....	digital compositor
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	scan & printing DuboiColor
Aurelie Lajoux	....	digital compositor
Fredrik Monteil	....	digital compositor
Cecile Peltier	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Terme	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Florent Bazin	....	first assistant camera
Justine Bourgade	....	assistant camera
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Dominique Delguste	....	additional camera operator
Antonin Gendre	....	key grip
Bruno Glasberg	....	electrician
David Grinberg	....	first assistant camera
David Grinberg	....	second camera operator
David Koskas	....	still photographer
Yvan Quehec	....	electrician
Marie Queney	....	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Essouci Zakia	....	wardrobe assistant: Morocco

Editorial Department
Cathy Dutheil	....	post-production secretary
Marjolaine Mispelaere	....	color timer
Frederique Veillard	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christian Chevalier	....	executive music producer
Waz	....	soundtrack music: "Sideways"

Other crew
François-Xavier Bazin	....	production assistant
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	unit administrator
Sylvie Coen	....	legal counsel
Chantal Pernecker	....	script supervisor
Fabien Pondevaux	....	location scout
Gaëlle-Anne Salin	....	assistant production administrator (as Gaëlle-Anne Salin-Montagne)
Dominique Segall	....	press attache

Production Companies

• Hirsch (co-production)
• Pathé Renn Productions (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)

Distributors

• Pathé (2004) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Pathé (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Alternative Films (2004) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Annie Planet (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Christal Films (2005) (Canada) (theatrical) (Québec)
• GAGA (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Kino International (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2005) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Kino International (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Lighthouse Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Odeon (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Also Known As:

"Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants" - France (original title)
"Happily Ever After" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

Italian | French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

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

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]
[after walking in on someone else's wife]
Georges:I got the wrong door. Not like it's a crime! I got the wrong door. Let's call the police. "You're surrounded. You got the wrong door.

Movie Connections:

Features Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Soundtrack:

Can't Help Falling in Love

Two modern French couples deal with marriage

A very charming romantic drama. The cast and story are top notch. Although I have seen these actors in other films, they created such rich characters I felt that I was meeting them for the first time. Some of the film was hilarious, some was sad, some brought on some deja vu for the events many people can relate to in their own lives. Whatever the emotion of the scene, it all seemed quite realistic. I would recommend this to all audiences. I saw it in French with English subtitles. It seemed like everyone else in the theatre was as interested in the movie as I was too. It was a pretty hip contemporary story. The film ran for 105 minutes but I would have liked more - maybe Part II?