Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In getting to Paris and back, the characters interact with Aimee's ex-husband and her abrasive, cruel ex-mentor, Louise's would-be lover who turns out to have a husband, Mickey's long-time lover and her children, Bertrand's Germanic wife and their children who speak no French, and Frederic's distant mother. The band also meets Clara, a mercurial free spirit who beguiles Bertrand, then Mickey, then takes up with someone else in the band.
Acting
Adjani's Clara destroys men with a single glance.
Writing
Six interconnected disasters, perfectly interwoven.
Director
Jacques Monnet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Adjani's return to French cinema after Hollywood, and she reportedly chose it specifically to work with the rising comedy collective Le Splendid.
The 'Why Notes?' band name is a bilingual pun—'Why Not?' sounds like 'Why Notes?' to French ears, capturing the film's theme of failed ambition disguised as philosophy.
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