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Romuald et Juliette
1989 Comedy / Romance
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Credits
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Director: Coline Serreau
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Script: Coline Serreau
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Photo: Jean-Noël Ferragut
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Music: Jérôme Reese
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Cast: Daniel Auteuil (Romuald Blindet),
Firmine Richard (Juliette Bonaventure),
Pierre Vernier (Blache),
Maxime Leroux (Cloquet),
Gilles Privat (Paulin),
Catherine Salviat (Françoise Blindet),
Muriel Combeau (Nicole),
Alexandre Basse (Benjamine),
Aissatou Bah (Félicité),
Mamadou Bah (Désiré),
Marina M'Boa Ngong (Claire),
Isabelle Carré (Valérie)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 111 min
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Aka: Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed
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Summary
Romuald Blindet, president of a major yoghurt producing company, hardly notices the quiet
black woman, Juliette, who cleans his office each night. When Juliette tells Romuald
that he is being duped by two of his senior colleagues who are planning to take over his
company he can hardly believe it – but the poor cleaning lady is right. Thanks
to Juliette’s intervention, Romuald manages to salvage his career, but when she
wants his help to bail her son out of jail, he isn’t there to repay the debt he
owes her. When he discovers that his wife is having an affair with another of his
colleagues, Romuald realises that there is only one woman for him: Juliette. But
does she feel the same way? She has already been disappointed by five husbands…
Review
Coline Serreau followed her box office hit
Trois homes et un couffin (1985) with this
charming romantic comedy which features an improbable romance against a backdrop of boardroom
intrigue. Whilst the plot is ludicrously contrived and is let down by some awful
stereo-typical characterisation, it does have one significant plus point: the pairing
of Daniel Auteuil with Firmine Richard. This casting is a stroke of genius, both
actors bringing more than a note of poignancy and humanity to what would otherwise have
been a pretty routine comedy. Amazingly, this was Firmine Richard’s first
professional acting job, not that you would ever suspect as much. Since, she has
appeared in well over a dozen films, including Francois Ozon’s
8 femmes (2002). Less conspicuously,
two actors who have since acquired celebrity status also make their debuts in this film:
José Garcia and Isabelle Carré.
© James Travers 2005
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