Donne-moi la main (2008)

Director:

Pascal-Alex Vincent

Writers:

Pascal-Alex Vincent (story) and
Martin Drouot (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 2009 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever. |

Plot Keywords:

Twins | Funeral | Punctuation In Title | Brother Brother Relationship | Cemetery

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alexandre Carril	...	Antoine
Victor Carril	...	Quentin
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Clémentine
Samir Harrag	...	Hakim
Katrin Saß	...	La Femme du Train
Fernando Ramallo	...	Angel
Patrick Hauthier	...	L'Homme de la Gare
Maya Borker	...	La Femme des Bois
Michel Grateau	...	Julian
Oswaldo Parma	...	Le vieil Homme dans la Voiture
Elsa Malterre	...	Nadège
Elodie Meurlargé	...	Mélody (as Elodie Meurlarger)
Jean-Pascal Abribat	...	Le Frère de Clémentine
Franck Guilbot	...	Le Propriétaire de la Ferme
Joël Pyrene	...	Vendeur Snack

Also Known As:

Give Me Your Hand (Europe: English title) (festival title)
Reich mir deine Hand (Germany)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French | Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16

Company:

Local Films

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*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Plot summary - Twin brothers take a road trip. Once has a cut over his eye, the other does not – I think they added that so we could tell them apart. They carry magic backpacks that hold twelve wardrobe changes each. They get some rides. They fight a lot. They have sex with some girls. They get some rides. They work on a farm. They take their shirts off a lot. (I think that means they are vampires, but apparently French vampires do not suck blood out of other people, they just suck the life out of the movie audience.) Now a third guy, who looks just like the other two! He and Brother 1 swim naked. One accepts the other's spit. (That means either that they are vampires, or that one boy was thirsty and the other was sympathetic.) The other brother finds them having kinky sex, but leaves without letting them know he is there. They smoke a joint. Brother number 2 gets moody. He sells his brother. (I'm not making this up.) He takes a train ride. He sleeps. He talks to another passenger. He walks in the woods. He thinks he has found his brother. He chases him. He falls and knocks himself unconscious. Bugs crawl on him. Someone finds him. She feeds him soup. She washes him. They do not speak. She jerks him off (yes, really). He lets her, but it is clear from his facial expression that he has misgivings. He runs away. He sits on a rock in the middle of a river. He walks. He is in Spain. A young Spanish guy in a car picks him up. He faints. He walks again. He arrives at the graveyard where his mother's funeral is taking place. His brother is there. They do not speak. Later, they sit together on the sand. They do not speak. They run into the water with their clothes on. They fight. Brother 1 knocks Brother 2 out, then has to resuscitate him. They do not speak! Brother 1 walks away. Fin