Why do we often go to dinners we don't want to attend, to see friends who aren't really friends anymore? Out of habit? Out of kindness? Out of cowardice? Intoxicated by the idea of tidying up their schedules by sorting through their old friends, Pierre and Clotilde Lecoeur (played by ERIC ELMOSNINO and LYSIANE MEIS) decide to organize farewell dinners, the ultimate form of friendly divorce. However, by choosing - as their first victim - Antoine Royer (played by GUILLAUME DE TONQUÉDEC), their oldest friend, Pierre and Clotilde are unaware that they are getting caught up in a downward spiral.
Acting
de Tonquédec's devastating politeness as Antoine crumbles
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll check for blood
Direction
Murat turns a dinner table into a boxing ring
Director
Emmanuel Murat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Éric Elmosnino won a César for playing Serge Gainsbourg; here he weaponizes that same louche charm into something genuinely unsettling.
The film adapts a successful Parisian stage play—the theatrical DNA isn't accident, it's the point. We're watching actors play people who are always performing.
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