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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
1987
In the 'banlieues' of Paris, Blanche, a young office worker, befriends Lea, who is seeing Fabien. Fabien is friends with Alexandre, who goes out with Adrienne, but who Blanche secretly loves. A tricky and sticky situation ensues.A screwball comedy about a jealous gay man who seeks to thwart his friend's marriage to the man he .. Read more
| Starring | Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard |
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| Director | Eric Rohmer |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
In the 'banlieues' of Paris, Blanche, a young office worker, befriends Lea, who is seeing Fabien. Fabien is friends with Alexandre, who goes out with Adrienne, but who Blanche secretly loves. A tricky and sticky situation ensues.
A screwball comedy about a jealous gay man who seeks to thwart his friend's marriage to the man he loves. Filmed on location in Long Island New York.
| Starring | Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard |
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| Director | Eric Rohmer |
| Studio | ARROW FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Oct 2003 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
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Concluding his “Comedies and Proverbs” series, Eric Rohmer effortlessly blends the old and the new in this typically deft study of the inconsequential love lives of his youthful, self-obsessed protagonists. Inspired by the social wit of the 18th-century playwright, Marivaux, yet set against the futuristic landscape of the antiseptic Parisian suburb of Cergy-Pontoise, the focus falls on Emmanuelle Chaulet, who finds herself irresistibly drawn to her best friend's swain, Eric Viellard. While the characters endlessly analyse emotions which seem as artificial as their surroundings, Rohmer experiments with colour and language as he explores the nature of fidelity and friendship. A delight.
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The sixth in Rohmer's glorious series of 'Comedies and Proverbs'. As ever, the plot is slight: shy civil servant... read more on Time Out
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
a french plesanterie
I saw that film in the cinema 10 years ago and now I've seen it again on DVD. Things have changed on that time. Characters in that film have that late eighties early ninenties dress sense that now we may find slightly ridiculous. The film, though, has not aged: the plot is a marvel of understatment, of subtlelty, of non-spoken emotional turmoils and, at the end, of a radiant confidence on the goodness of being alive.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Tout sera bien
A very continental take on the feelgood movie, centering on the friendship between two young women both looking for love. A subtle and touching tale to warm the heart, and as an added bonus you can have a laugh at the 80s fashion too.
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- shoddy from Jersey
- Posted 17 Sep 2004 16:22
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In the 'banlieues' of Paris, Blanche, a young office worker, befriends Lea, who is seeing Fabien. Fabien is friends with Alexandre, who goes out with Adrienne, but who Blanche secretly loves. A ... -