How Much Do You Love Me?
(2005)
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How Much Do You Love Me?
(2005)
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| Monica Bellucci | ... |
Daniela
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Bernard Campan | ... |
François
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| Gérard Depardieu | ... |
Charly
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| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | ... |
André Migot
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| Edouard Baer | ... |
L'homme bouleversé
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Farida Rahouadj | ... |
La voisine
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| Sara Forestier | ... |
Muguet
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Michel Vuillermoz | ... |
Le toubib
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François Rollin | ... |
Michael
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Jean Barney | ... |
Garde du corps 1
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Baptiste Roussillon | ... |
Garde du corps 2
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| Jean Dell | ... |
Homme du cimetière
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| Michaël Abiteboul | ... |
Collègue François
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Fabienne Chaudat | ... |
Collègue François
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Thomas Badek | ... |
Le voisin
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In Paris, after winning the lottery, the clerk François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to the prostitute Daniela to live with him until the end of his money. François is a lonely man, with heart problems and Daniela stays with him for eight days. Then, she decides to come back to her man, the mobster Charly, but she misses François and returns to his place. But once a whore, always a whore. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I've watched the Depardieu-Blier films all the way back to VALSEUSES and enjoyed them so I came at this one believing all the knocking comment must be wrong.
Well it's certainly not a dead loss. Campan registers in a tricky role acquiring Pigalle poule de luxe Bellucci and taking her back to his office worker flat, despite his shaky health and down at heel associates and this part plays quite well.
Surprisingly, it's when an aged Depardieu doing "vieux jeu con" shows up that things become strained. Well with a record like this, these guys are entitled to one screw up.
The film is by no means a write-off with the changes of light, background and costume within scenes getting attention until you realize that, if they have any meaning, Blier is not going to share it with us. The opera score has oddity value and the small parts are striking. Farida Rahouadj's turn as the Northern neighbour is particularly attention getting.
It's a pity to find this one getting international showing on the strength of its star power, in place of more imposing product.