A bank robber arrives to do a job in a small French town and strikes up a friendship with a retired poetry teacher.
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Patrice LeconteWriter:
Claude Klotz
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| Jean Rochefort | ... | Monsieur Manesquier | |
| Johnny Hallyday | ... | Milan | |
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Jean-François Stévenin | ... | Luigi |
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Charlie Nelson | ... | Max |
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Pascal Parmentier | ... | Sadko |
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Isabelle Petit-Jacques | ... | Viviane |
| Edith Scob | ... | La soeur de Manesquier | |
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Maurice Chevit | ... | Le coiffeur |
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Riton Liebman | ... | Le costaud |
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Olivier Fauron | ... | Le collégien |
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Véronique Kapoyan | ... | Le boulngère |
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Elsa Duclot | ... | La serveuse |
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Armand Chagot | ... | Le jardinier |
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Michel Laforest | ... | Le pharmacien |
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Alain Guellaff | ... | Le chirugien |
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A teacher and a gangster meet by chance in a small town pharmacy. As a friendship of sorts develops between these opposite personalities, each starts to envy the other and by the week's end, everything will change for both of them. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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FrenchRelease Date:
20 June 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$659,820 (France), 4 October 2002Opening Weekend USA:
$41,138, 11 May 2003, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$2,541,320, 23 November 2003Company Credits
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Milan: That took guts.
Monsieur Manesquier: I try picking a fight and find someone who likes me.
Milan: You'd have preferred broken bottles?
Monsieur Manesquier: [shrugs] It would have been something to remember.
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Monsieur Manesquier: [after an abortive confrontation] I suppose my time hasn't come.Milan: That took guts.
Monsieur Manesquier: I try picking a fight and find someone who likes me.
Milan: You'd have preferred broken bottles?
Monsieur Manesquier: [shrugs] It would have been something to remember.
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This is a beautifully acted and written story of two older men dealing with regret. The dialogue is witty, but never self-conscious and the performances are great. Johnny Hallyday (The Elvis of France!) is especially surprising in his role as the bank robber at the end of his career.
The story is well paced, and unlike a lot of French movies, it's not just a bunch of talking heads, but a real story with compelling characters. The two strangers meet by hazard and forge a close relationship, each trading bits and pieces of their lives. The scene where Jean Roquefort gives Johnny his slippers is a literal manifestation of their efforts to change their lives, albeit late in life.
A lovely little film from beginning to end!