Essaye-moi (2006)
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval

Comedy / Romance

Film Synopsis

Nine year-old Yves-Marie is in love with his classmate Jacqueline.  When he asks her to marry him she replies that she will on the day that he goes up to the stars.  Twenty-four years later, Jacqueline is about to get married to Vincent when Yves-Marie turns up unexpectedly on her doorstep.  He is now an astronaut and expects his former love to keep her promise.  As Jacqueline tries to explain that she cannot marry him, Yves-Marie makes her a strange proposal: try him for one day before making up her mind...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval
  • Script: Jean-Paul Bathany, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Isabelle Nanty, Frédéric Proust
  • Cinematographer: Régis Blondeau
  • Music: Pierre van Dormael
  • Cast: Pierre-François Martin-Laval (Yves-Marie), Julie Depardieu (Jacqueline), Pierre Richard (Le père d'Yves-Marie), Kad Merad (Vincent), Isabelle Nanty (La mère de Jacqueline), Marina Foïs (La mère de Firmin), Jules-Angelo Bigarnet (Firmin), Wladimir Yordanoff (Le père de Jacqueline), Frédéric Proust (Paul), Arnaud Marciszewer (Yves-Marie enfant), Tilly Mandelbrot (Jacqueline enfant), Pascal Vincent (Le voisin), Denise Bonal (Madame Villano), Valérie Bonneton (Collègue Jacqueline), Robert Assolen (Gardien zoo), Edéa Darcque (Fan supermarché 1), Charlotte Desgeorges (Fan supermarché 2), Johanna Landau (Gardienne immeuble), André Lutrand (Papy croquet), Jean-Pierre Ameline (Le boucher)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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