Antoine is about to get married to Gisèle. His friend Julien, a confirmed bachelor, tries desperately to talk him out of it, citing his own painful experiences.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Fernand | |
Jean-Claude Brialy | ... | Antoine Monteil | |
Françoise Dorléac | ... | Françoise Bicart alias Sandra Rossen | |
Marie Laforêt | ... | Gisèle | |
Claude Rich | ... | Julien | |
Catherine Deneuve | ... | Denise Heurtin | |
Marie Dubois | ... | Sophie | |
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Hélène Duc | ... | Madame Armande |
Bernadette Lafont | ... | Flora | |
Jacques Dynam | ... | Un truand | |
Tanya Lopert | ... | Mauricette | |
Jacqueline Mille | ... | Odette - la soeur de Gisèle | |
Francis Blanche | ... | Kino Papatakis | |
Bernard Blier | ... | Monsieur Heurtin | |
Mireille Darc | ... | Georgina |
Antoine is about to get married to Gisèle. His friend Julien, a confirmed bachelor, tries desperately to talk him out of it, citing his own painful experiences.
A superb piece of french cinema with brilliant and witty dialogues written by Michel Audiard. The film is worth seeing for its great cast mixing new figures emerged with "La Nouvelle vague" like Brialy and Belmondo, charming actresses like a young Deneuve and an always spellbinding Laforêt, and hilarious acts by Blier, Serrault and Blanche. Belmondo is asked : "Depuis quand nages-tu dans le bonheur ?" He answers : "Depuis 30 secondes !". Inimitable french "humour" which always succeed in lightening our postmodern existences.