Mission Pays Basque (2017)

The adventures of a young woman (Elodie Fontan) full of prejudices about the Basque country. Through a romantic comedy film, go to the discovery of a new facet of life in a village. Mission... See full summary »

Director:

Ludovic Bernard

Writers:

Michel Delgado (dialogue), Michel Delgado (screenplay)

Stars:

Élodie Fontan, Florent Peyre, Daniel Prévost

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Élodie Fontan	...	Sibylle Garnier
Florent Peyre	...	Ramuntxo Beitialarrangoïta
Daniel Prévost	...	Ferran Beitialarrangoïta
Nicolas Bridet	...	Raphaël Morales
Barbara Cabrita	...	Arantxa
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Altzibar
Ilona Bachelier	...	Mirentxu
Damien Ferdel	...	Gaëtan Morales
Arielle Sémenoff	...	Jackie Morales
Éric Bougnon	...	Patxi (as Eric Bougnon)
Yann Papin	...	Xabi
Éric Naggar	...	Olivier Huysmans
Charles Petit	...	François Berliet
Patrick Ligardes	...	Le réceptionniste
Véronique Royer	...	La gendarmette

Storyline

The adventures of a young woman (Elodie Fontan) full of prejudices about the Basque country. Through a romantic comedy film, go to the discovery of a new facet of life in a village. Mission country Basque Streaming tells the journeys of Sibylle, a young Parisian with a very promising future. She has a job and a stable life in the French capital. On behalf of his company, she is sent on a mission in a small village near Bayonne. In this "forgotten corner", it should carry out a negotiation. Usually to buy a family hardware store into supermarket. . The young woman experienced despite herself about the stupidity of his own prejudices. Indeed, this city think getting a good deal by rolling the owner of the hardware store that has grown old. Unfortunately for her, the latter is under guardianship. So the young woman will have to then resume negotiations with Ramon (aka Florent Peyre), the guardian and get it over quickly. Indeed, this contract is very important to her, she plays her place...

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Plot Keywords:

singing in a car | basque country | paris france | fish out of water | weapons deal | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 July 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

Espadrilles

Box Office

Budget:

EUR4,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,021,120

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paradis Films, Orange Studio, D. Livingstone

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

A delightful comedy

When was the last time you saw a lady taking panties off on the screen and then putting another pair on that was not obnoxiously vulgar but - on the contrary - was the right thing to do, causing the viewers to smile approvingly? Not many, for sure. This is the movie that did it - delicately and elegantly.

It is that sort of a movie where even the most serious issues are handled with humor and great acting which the French are quite good at. The plot has holes in it, obviously - mostly in the scenes, related to the Basque police and weapons parts - but nothing outrageously goofy. The difference between the Parisians and Basques is well played off, trying to articulate fun biases, stereotypes and prejudices, without siding with anyone. It worked well practically everywhere.

It is a romantic comedy, which contrasts the family, business, friendship and other relationships in both places. The result is a very nice watchable movie with quite a few very funny and memorable scenes.

It is well worth watching, maybe even a few times. I, honestly, cannot understand the low rating this movie has on IMDB. Which part of it the viewers did not get?

Hope this helps, thank you for reading.