Bowling (2012)

Director:

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Writers:

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar (screenplay), Jean-Marie Duprez (screenplay),

Stars:

Catherine Frot, Mathilde Seigner, Firmine Richard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Catherine Frot	...	Catherine
Mathilde Seigner	...	Mathilde
Firmine Richard	...	Firmine
Laurence Arné	...	Louise
François Bureloup	...	Yves
Mathias Mlekuz	...	Erwann
Geneviève Mnich	...	Mme Escoffier
Frédéric Noaille	...	Paul
Julien Crampon	...	Gaël
Gilles Bataille	...	Le directeur de l'hôpital
Eric Naggar	...	Henri
Samuel Chauvin	...	Maël
Kiliann Lorguilloux	...	Merlin
Georges Cadoudal	...	Georges
Florence Mestais	...	Angélique

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

church | brittany | driving lesson | bowling | parisian | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

18 July 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Willkommen in der Bretagne

Company Credits

Production Co:

Loma Nasha, Pathé, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A really enjoyable movie!

Non, this isn't Les règles du jeu ou La Grande illusion, but it's one very well done, very funny comedy. Based on a true story that I remember, it tells the story of the hospital in Carhaix, the only real city in the interior of Brittany, and the Sarkozy government's efforts to shut down the maternity ward there. Closing the maternity ward in the only hospital in the region would effectively have started the decline and death of the interior of Brittany, because young families would have left and no new ones would have moved in. So the personnel of the hospital go on strike, as only the French in general and the Bretons in particular can, and the results are hilarious. It helps if you've lived in Brittany, but I imagine this movie can be enjoyed by anyone. I went to see it twice in the theater, and it's not very often that I do that.