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À boire
2004 Comedy
Review
Whatever appeal this chaotic comedy has wears exceedingly thin after
the first twenty minutes or so – in spite of its attractive cast and
the fact that it was directed by Marion Vernoux, the director of such
popular films as Love, etc. (1996)
and Reines d’un jour (2001).
The main failing with the film is that little effort appears to have go
into defining the main characters – all come across as dull, rather
unsympathetic caricatures who just seem to have been randomly thrown
into a story that has next to no structure. The
seemingly endless repetition of some pretty crass comedy routines
doesn’t improve matters. Maybe this is one of those films that
looks better after you have knocked back a few large measures of vodka...
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Director:
Marion Vernoux
Starring: Emmanuelle Béart, Edouard Baer, Atmen Kelif, Yves Verhoeven, Jean-Michel Tinivelli Synopsis
Pierre-Marie Archimbault suffers from acute alcoholism. This
isn’t only ruining his health and his bank balance; it is also
destroying his marriage and his career, as a doctor. When his
wife finally throws him out of the family home one Christmas, he heads
off for a ski resort, where he hopes to throw off his fatal
addiction. Not long after his arrival, he suffers a head injury
when the world’s most inept skier, Seb Abd Al Abbas, collides with
him. A third person is caught up in the accident, Inès
Larue. The latter is shocked when she learns that her
fiancé has disappeared, leaving her with a hotel bill that she
cannot pay. Will Pierre-Marie or Seb come to her rescue – or will
she have to sleep with the hotel manager...?
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