Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Yvan Attal

Writer:

Yvan Attal (writer)

Release Date:

25 August 2004 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

Is the love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Friend | Bachelor | Love | Nudity

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	L'inconnu
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Gabrielle
Sébastien Vidal	...	Thibault
Yvan Attal	...	Vincent
Chloé Combret	...	Chloé
Christiane Oui-Oui	...	La femme de chambre
Alain Cohen	...	Fred
Carolina Gynning	...	Zoé
Alain Chabat	...	Georges
Ben Attal	...	Joseph
Emmanuelle Seigner	...	Nathalie
Kitu Gidwani	...	Mme Gibson
Sujay Sood	...	M. Gibson
Ruben Marx	...	Antoine
Jérôme Bertin	...	Le client du garage

Also Known As:

...And They Lived Happily Ever After (International: English title)
Happily Ever After (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

Italian | French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-15 | France:U | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Marrakech, Morocco

Company:

Hirsch

Trivia:

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal play parents to their real-life son Ben Attal

Quotes:

Georges: [subtitled version]
[after walking in on someone else's wife]
Georges: I got the wrong door. Not like it's a crime! I got the wrong door. Let's call the police. "You're surrounded. You got the wrong door.

Movie Connections:

References Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Soundtrack:

Nice Dream

Interesting characters - but no substance

After watching the very enjoyable 'My wife is an actress' I had high hopes for 'Happily ever after', alas, the experience was disappointing. Attal started by creating interesting, complex, and even likable characters but was not able to shed any light on his premise, that is 'does or can monogamy work and if how' and cops out in the end with a nonsensical elevator ride into the sky with Gabrielle and l'inconnu Johnny Depp inside. Attal was able to set up its premise nicely during the first half of the movie, then, like feeling himself that he actually has nothing to say really, tried to save the day with whimsical 'musical' numbers, mostly terrible sentimental songs to terrible sentimental montages. He might have tried to make ironical statements with that but it comes over as if he's trying to appeal to the masses and feed them some 'Amalie' moments. The film presents itself very energetic from the beginning, with excellent cinematography and lighting, though a bit too fast cut. All female roles - with the exceptions of Attals real world wife Charlotte Gainsbourg seem to be afterthoughts as he himself admits in an interview and it shows. While they could have added some insight into the 'premise' they haven't been asked to do so by the writer/director.