Un fil à la patte (2005)

Despite the fact that they love each other, a couple realize that they must "find" other (and rich) people in order to keep their frivolous, costly lives.

Director:

Michel Deville

Writers:

Georges Feydeau (play), Rosalinde Deville (adaptation)

Stars:

Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Lucette
Charles Berling	...	Edouard de Bois d'Enghien
Dominique Blanc	...	Baronne Duverger
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Fontanet
Mathieu Demy	...	Firmin
Julie Depardieu	...	Amélie
Sara Forestier	...	Viviane
Stanislas Merhar	...	Irrigua
Tom Novembre	...	Chenneviette
Clément Sibony	...	Antonio
Patrick Timsit	...	Bouzin
Lily Galland	...	La fleuriste (as Lily Ben Slimane)
Virginie Hocq	...	Emilie
Elisabeth Macocco	...	L'invitée égarée
Benoît Muracciole	...	Le notaire

Storyline

Despite the fact that they love each other, a couple realize that they must "find" other (and rich) people in order to keep their frivolous, costly lives.

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Plot Keywords:

love | couple | hiding in a closet | man wearing a towel | looking at the camera | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 April 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

I tehni tou na horizeis

Filming Locations:

Palais-Royal, Place du Palais Royal, Paris 1, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eléfilm, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Fly in the Ointment (1954)

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Soundtracks

"Les Nuiennes"
Music by Charles Gounod
Performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam
Conducted by David Zinman
(p) 1982 Universal Classics (Philips)
avec l'aimable autorisation de UNIVERSAL MUSIC PROJETS SPECIAUX

User Reviews

something's not working

I have played Feydeau on stage and he's a great playwright of his kind. However, something in this film is not working. Although the play is great (the adaptation maybe went too far away from it), and Charles Berling a great actor (one of my favourite ones), "un fil à la patte" is really bad. I was really disappointed by the lack of subtlety in the dialogues, feydeau's humour seems to have been swept away, and sexuality is certainly not described in a subtle and humorous way, but more in a voyeuristic manner, which i don't criticize here, but it's just so not feydeau! you leave the cinema with the feeling of a failure, something that could have been so funny and clever, but is just disappointingly bad.