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On appelle ça... le printemps
2001 Comedy / Romance
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Credits
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Director: Hervé Le Roux
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Script: Hervé Le Roux
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Photo: Pierre Milon
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Cast: Marilyne Canto (Manu),
Maryse Cupaiolo (Fanfan),
Marie Matheron (Joss),
Bernard Ballet (Claude),
Pierre Berriau (Paul),
Michel Bompoil (Mytch),
Antoine Chappey (Charles),
László Szabó (Jean),
Yves Afonso (Monsieur Maurice),
Lucas Belvaux (Luc)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 107 min
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Aka: They Call This... Spring
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Summary
Two friends, Fanfan and Joss, rediscover their freedom when their marriages simultaneously
come to an abrupt end. Fanfan walks out on her husband whilst Joss is thrown out
of her apartment by her spouse. They decide to move in with a third friend, Manu,
although her husband, Mytch, is less than pleased with the arrangement. After Mytch
has thrown them out of his home, the three women move in with Manu’s secret lover and
plot their revenge against their three husbands...
Review
In contrast to most French comedies, On appelle ça... le printemps relies
more heavily on visual jokes than scripted dialogue, and the main pleasure in watching
this film is the the oddly surreal comic situations which arise in the course of what
appears to be a fairly run-of-the-mill comedy. Admittedly, some of the comedy falls
flat and the evident lack of sparkle in the dialogue prevents the film from being entirely
satisfying. Nevertheless, where the comedy works, it works quite well, and some
unusual flourishes (such as the bizarre opening sequence) make it an intriguing and diverting
piece of Gallic entertainment.
© James Travers 2003
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