A self-centered engineer tries to win back his wife after she takes a new lover.
Acting
Sophie Marceau's exhausted patience is a masterclass.
Direction
Kurys finds comedy in cringe-worthy male desperation.
Director
Diane Kurys
Sophie Marceau
Marie-Dominique Delpire
Vincent Perez
Bertrand Delpire
Charles Berling
Antoine
Hardy Krüger Jr.
John
Pascale Roberts
Mamyvonne
Caroline Chaniolleau
L'avocate
Eric Santos
Gilberto Garrincha
Colette Maire
Geneviève
François Perrot
J.C.
Jacques Duby
Le voisin du dessous
Jean Dell
Carcassonne
Jean-Claude de Goros
Le père de Marie-Do
Karine Belly
L'hôtesse de l'air brune
Marie-France Mignal
La voisine du dessous
Olga Sékulic
L'hôtesse de l'air blonde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kurys made her name chronicling complex female friendships; this rare male-centric film still centers women's choices.
Marceau and Perez reunited after 1999's 'La fidélité' — their chemistry here is deliberately fractured, not romantic.
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