Summary:
Agnes Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux (Anne Alvaro... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jean-Pierre Bacri - (Jean-Jacques Castella)
Anne Alvaro - (Clara Devaux)
Agnès Jaoui - (Manie)
Gérard Lanvin - (Moreno)
Alain Chabat - (Deschamps)
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Review:
Verbose, occasionally irritating, but often perceptive about human speech patterns and the fickle nature of individuals, Agnes Jaoui's comedy of manners recalls TV's Seinfeld in its particular way of dissecting conversation for entertainment purposes and in its depiction of sometimes unappetizing characters. But debut filmmaker Jaoui (who ... Continue >>

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