Un fil à la patte (2005)
Directed by Michel Deville

Comedy / Romance

Film Synopsis

Lucette, a renowned singer, is cheered when her lover, Edouard de Bois d'Enghien, comes to visit her but is dismayed by the news he brings.  He tells her that he must put an end to their affair so that he can marry Viviane, the beautiful young daughter of the wealthy Baroness Duverger.  The latter is determined to have Edouard as a son-in-law or future husband for herself.  Meanwhile, Lucette is not without admirers, and the parvenu Irrigua is prepared to do anything to win her hand, if not her heart...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michel Deville
  • Script: Georges Feydeau (play), Rosalinde Deville
  • Cinematographer: Pierre-William Glenn
  • Cast: Emmanuelle Béart (Lucette), Charles Berling (Edouard de Bois d'Enghien), Dominique Blanc (Baronne Duverger), Jacques Bonnaffé (Fontanet), Mathieu Demy (Firmin), Julie Depardieu (Amélie), Sara Forestier (Viviane), Stanislas Merhar (Irrigua), Tom Novembre (Chenneviette), Clément Sibony (Antonio), Patrick Timsit (Bouzin), Lily Galland (La fleuriste), Virginie Hocq (Emilie), Elisabeth Macocco (L'invitée égarée), Benoît Muracciole (Le notaire), Michel Raskine (L'invité égaré), Fabrice Talon (Le concierge), Antonella Amirante
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 80 min

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