Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Emmanuel Mouret

Writer:

Emmanuel Mouret (writer)

Release Date:

12 December 2007 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

True love is a complicated affair.

Plot:

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously...

Plot Keywords:

Kiss | Male Female Relationship | Question In Title | Nantes | Restaurant

Cast

Virginie Ledoyen	...	Judith
Emmanuel Mouret	...	Nicolas
Julie Gayet	...	Émilie
Michaël Cohen	...	Gabriel
Frédérique Bel	...	Caline
Stefano Accorsi	...	Claudio
Mélanie Maudran	...	Pénélope
Marie Madinier	...	Églantine
Lucciana de Vogüe	...	Louise
Jacques Lafoly	...	Le garçon au restaurant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
François Aubineau	...	Professeur du lycée
Nathalie Bizot	...	Femme de l'ordonnance
Emilie Bourlès	...	Femme soirée
Anne Denieul	...	Collègue de Judith
Pierre Emily	...	Voleur de portable
Pascal Gablot	...	Homme soirée
Cédric Naimi	...	Pharmacien
Laurent Pons	...	Professeur de tennis
Camille Rince	...	Elève de la salle des profs
Léopold Simalty	...	Collègue du pharmacien
Aurélia Touati	...	Collègue de Caline

Also Known As:

Shall We Kiss? (International: English title) (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Mexico:B15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Angoa-Agicoa

Pretty pointless

This movie is like half-popped corn. Remember that gooey feeling? The only reason to see it at all is a silent, dimly lit, near-still three-second shot of Virginie Ledoyen smoking a cigarette by the open window. Like her or not, you have to admit she looks great in half profile. A long-time advertising model (and bona-fide beach babe ever since she played eye candy to Danny Boyle's adaptation of Alex Garland's "The Beach"), she has become a very classy lady indeed. A little too classy for her own good perhaps. Which is true for the movie as a whole. The script lays claim to emotional upheaval and tragic turmoil, but the movie is all surface. If that's a dramatic strategy, it doesn't work for me. With outfits to match the set design, the characters are almost invisible against the backdrop of their tastefully decorated apartments. Think "Closer" meets "Match Point", minus any wit of note. There was only a single line I really liked. Judith (Ledoyen) is trying to convince Nicolas (writer-director-actor Emmanuel Mouret) that they must exorcise their obsession with one another by making its consummation as unpleasant as possible: "Let's do it on the floor. It'll be less comfortable that way." I'll try to remember that, and use it when the time is right.