Mariage mixte
2004 Comedy / Drama / Romance   
Director: Alexandre Arcady
Starring: Gérard Darmon, Olivia Bonamy, Jean Benguigui, Antoine Duléry, Fanny Cottençon


 
Summary
Wealthy Jewish businessman Max Zagury is appalled when he learns that his daughter Lisa is having an affair with a non-Jewish archaeologist named Jean-Christophe.  He had intended that she would marry Sydney, the son of the man who once saved his life.  Unfortunately, Lisa has no intention of marrying Sydney who, in any event, is a closet homosexual... 

Credits
  • Director: Alexandre Arcady
  • Script: Pierre Aknine, Alexandre Arcady, Eric Assous, Daniel Saint-Hamont
  • Photo: Maxime Alexandre
  • Music: Khalil Chahine
  • Cast: Gérard Darmon (Max Zagury), Olivia Bonamy (Lisa Zagury), Jean Benguigui (Maurice Abecassis), Antoine Duléry (Jo Sassia), Fanny Cottençon (Luce Zagury), Olivier Sitruk (Sidney Azerad), Patrick Chesnais (Jean-Yves Dupreux), Béatrice Agenin (Anne-Marie Dupreux), Philippe Lemaire (Charles Dupreux)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: France:104 min
 

Review
After a string of turkey-shaped disappointments, director Alexandre Arcady has finally hit rock bottom with this careless montage of tired clichés masquerading as a film.   The sloppiness of the script is surpassed only by the ineptitude of the direction which takes a bland inconsequential storyline and translates into a mind-numbing cinematic ordeal of the worst kind.  The acting is almost universally atrocious, although this has more to do with Arcady’s lame direction than the ability of his cast.  You can only weep to see actors of the calibre of Patrick Chesnais and Gérard Darmon wasted in such a shallow venture as this.

© James Travers 2007



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