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Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin, Alain Chabat ... see more see more... , Brigitte Catillon , Christiane Millet , Vladimir Yordanoff , Sam Karmann

Agnes Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) re... read more read more...luctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux (Anne Alvaro). During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Agnès Jaoui

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: February 26, 2002

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  • lesleyanorton
    February 13, 2011
    lesleyanorton
    Jean-Jacques, businessman gets smitten by Clara, actress and English teacher, and gets out of his depth amongst her arty friends. I liked this film. It showed a real grasp of the complexities of attraction and how one mans unrequited love is another woman's unappreciated attentio... read moren.
    And it has a happy ending too. I'm a sucker for a happy ending..
  • emilioadolfo
    April 10, 2009
    emilioadolfo
    Most of the times, If you go deep into people, you´ll find that they are better than you thought at first. But those good qualities might inflict pain.

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Peter Howell
November 30, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied. Full Review

Rick Groen
November 30, 2001
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

The movie's unique appeal lies less in the style than the substance -- particularly, in the emerging hero at the centre of the tale. Full Review

Jane Sumner
September 13, 2001
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News

Slyly written, the intelligent social satire is surely acted and ... confidently, ably directed. Full Review

Eve Zibart
June 29, 2001
Eve Zibart, Washington Post

There are some things the French do better than we do, and the small movie is one. Full Review

Rita Kempley
June 29, 2001
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

A worldly-wise, compassionate and charmingly acted Gallic comedy. Full Review

Terry Lawson
June 15, 2001
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Confirms that France may be producing, per capita, more good films than any country on the globe.

Joe Baltake
June 4, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

An alert, unusually observant comedy of manners that is often very funny and cynical about human foibles but also comes with a melancholy underlay that's pensive and tender. Full Review

Eric Harrison
May 25, 2001
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

Rich with gentle humor and insight. Full Review

Edward Guthmann
April 10, 2001
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

Rich with vivid characters and revelations about the illogical yet human ways in which we crash and intersect. Full Review

Jay Carr
March 23, 2001
Jay Carr, Boston Globe

A civilized delight.

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