Philippe Mars is a pleasant 40-something whose meeting with a psychotic college friend who is in search of love profoundly changes his life.
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Title: News from Planet Mars (2016)
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Cast
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| François Damiens | ... | Philippe Mars | |
| Vincent Macaigne | ... | Jérôme | |
| Veerle Baetens | ... | Chloé | |
| Jeanne Guittet | ... | Sarah Mars | |
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Tom Rivoire | ... | Grégoire Mars |
| Michel Aumont | ... | Le père | |
| Catherine Samie | ... | La mère | |
| Philippe Laudenbach | ... | Le vieux voisin | |
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Olivia Côte | ... | Fabienne Mars, alias Xanaé |
| Léa Drucker | ... | Myriam | |
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Julien Sibre | ... | Gordon |
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Olivier Faliez | ... | L'homme au chien |
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Éric Bougnon | ... | Le père de Roxane (as Eric Bougnon) |
| Gaspard Meier-Chaurand | ... | Clément | |
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Olivier Galzi | ... | Le présentateur TV |
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Philippe Mars is a pleasant 40-something whose meeting with a psychotic college friend who is in search of love profoundly changes his life.
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ambition | temper | television reporter | teenage girl | watching tv |Parents Guide:
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FrenchRelease Date:
9 March 2016 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Noticias de la familia Mars See more »Filming Locations:
Studios de Bry - 2 avenue de l'Europe, Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$24, 24 July 2016Gross USA:
$310Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$78,132Company Credits
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The French are quite good at these subtle melancholic comedies, which are mostly funny because of the bizarre conflicts people get themselves into. This picture is about a nice and very kind man, who gets suckered into giving shelter to a mentally disturbed collegue who had accidentally attacked him with an axe at work. Yes, you read it correctly. Sounds bizarre, yet despite the (accidental) axe attack this kind and gentle father of two kids, decides to take the mentally disturbed collegue into his house anyway. Then (hilarious) troubling events start occuring when this mental patient starts taking over the household. The household disasters are building up in ever more hilarious severity.
The core of this story has a true to life ring to it, basically portraying (with witty detail) a divorced father, who is trying to raise his two teenage kids as good as he can. Things get really complicated though when the mentally disturbed collegue is overstaying his welcome in his house. Just a lovely quirky French melancholic comedy, best suited for an arthouse audience or for those who love this typical French kind of understated humor.