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Completed - FRENCH - Comedy - 89 minutes

Log Line

"Give a little, get a lot," so they say. For François, giving a little is giving too much.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2016 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Fred CAVAYÉ
Cast : Dany BOON, Laurence ARNE, Noémie SCHMIDT, Patrick RIDREMONT

Producer(s) : Eric JEHELMANN (Jerico), Philippe ROUSSELET (Jerico)

Synopsis

Talented first violinist with the local orchestra, François Gautier, 40ish, has one major flaw. He's a penny pincher. He times himself under the shower, which he takes cold, of course. He uses the streetlights to illuminate the rooms of his house. He watches the neighbor's TV through binoculars. He prepares exact lengths of toilet paper for future use.
François has no social life. His only friend is his bank manager. Buying drinks for colleagues in the orchestra nearly kills him. Inviting a lady to dinner is torture. But the new cellist Valérie doesn't see François the penny pincher, she hears and falls for François the virtuoso violoncellist And then Laura, 16, walks into François's life and announces she is his daughter. She thinks her father is the wealthy benefactor of a children's charity in Mexico. Now François has one major flaw and two major problems: Valérie and Laura both love him for what he is not. François plays along but a single slip could cost him very, very dear...

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

AUSTRIA FILMLADEN GMBH
CANADA A-Z FILMS (CANA
ITALY Mar 16, 2017 BIM DISTRIBUZIO
SWITZERLAN Apr 06, 2017 PATHE FILMS (SW


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