De l'autre côté du lit (2008)

Director:

Pascale Pouzadoux

Writers:

Alix Girod de l'Ain (novel)
Pascale Pouzadoux (screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)

Release Date:

7 January 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Donne-moi ta place et prends la mienne. (Give me your place and take mine.)

Plot:

To save their marriage, a man and a woman decide to exchange their lives for a year.

Plot Keywords:

Adulterous Husband | Mother Daughter Relationship | Adulterous Wife | Singing In Car | Father Son Relationship

Cast

Sophie Marceau	...	Ariane Marciac
Dany Boon	...	Hugo Marciac
Antoine Duléry	...	Maurice
Roland Giraud	...	Adolphe Nicart
Anny Duperey	...	Lise
Juliette Arnaud	...	Charlotte
Ninon Mauger	...	Louise
Clémot Couture	...	Hector
François Vincentelli	...	Flanvart
Delphine Rivière	...	Samia
Arsène Mosca	...	Gonçalvo
Eric Fraticelli	...	Lieutenant Lorenzi
Patrick Palmero	...	Commercial 1
Philippe Bénard	...	Commercial 2
Raphaëlle Cambray	...	Cliente Jailoutil

Also Known As:

Changing Sides (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (Digital) | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Fidélité Films

Trivia:

Dany Boon accepted the part of Hugo three days after receiving the script. According to Pascale Pouzadoux, he loved the idea if being Sophie Marceau's husband.

Deserves the right to be called a "bouse"

... or "turkey" in English. For those who still haven't understood, this film is a total waste (of money, talent & time). The director flunked the funny, witty, edgy tone of the novel, a book which illustrated the surrealistic 'pitch' (a man and wife switch life to see how it's like to be 'on the other side') with just enough irony to be somewhat "realistic" (which wasn't the point). The "TV prime-time movies" standards being what they are, all the acid juice has turned into lukewarm syrup, breeding a romantic comedy which is repellent from A to Z. The mess even gradually becomes a catalogue of stereotyped characters, dismissing along the way 30 years of feminism (of course, women CRRRRAVE to buy jewelry while slouching on the pool side, or they would KILLLLL to buy the services of a male model who would do handiwork at their homes). The story basically consists in sending men & women back to back, stating that the war of sexes is useless since "both have good and bad sides". Hoho, what a breakthrough in humor, intelligence and cinema in general ! All this with overacting (and under-directed) actors, thrown under the laziest camera in the world. Times are hard for comedy fans...