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| Genre/Form: | Drama |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jackie Oudney; Aschlin Ditta; Stewart Le Marechal; Hugh Bonneville; Anne-Marie Duff; Victoria Hamilton |
| OCLC Number: | 460217709 |
| Language Note: | In English. |
| Credits: | Directed by Jackie Oudney ; written by Aschlin Ditta ; producers Stewart Le Marechal..[et.al] |
| Cast: | Hugh Bonneville, Ann-Marie Duff, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Hensall. |
| Target Audience: | Censorship classification: M. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | PAL ; Region 4. |
Abstract:
English hang-ups about romance get satirically filtered through the perspective of French movies in this witty, cinematically-literate comedy helmed by British director Jackie Oudney and scripted by Aschlin Ditta. The creators set up two narratives: in a framing device, Eric Cantona stars as the elitist, pretentious French writer-director Thierry Grimandi, who could use a lesson in humility; he operates according to the mantra, "I consider myself lucky firstly because I am French, secondly because I make movies, thirdly because I understand love." As Grimandi periodically crops up to pontificate on film and relationships, a second narrative emerges. Hugh Bonneville stars as Jed Winter, a smug, unhappy British journalist enduring a super-dysfunctional relationship with long-term girlfriend Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton). She just rejected his marriage proposal out of dissatisfaction for the lack of romantic chemistry in their relationship; they tentatively remain together, but that all seems poised to change when Jed begins to develop feelings for his friend Marcus's girl, Sophie (Anne-Marie Duff) - and it just so happens that Marcus falls for someone else, leaving the situation wide open for Jed to waltz in and sweep Sophie off her feet.
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