Cast: Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christian Marquand
6.0/10
Cause toujours… tu m’intéresses! Storyline
François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only “amusement” is his neighbour from Africa, who makes mildly fun of him from time to time. One evening, François is bored, and decides to call a random telephone number. He gets Christine on the line, a bit of an old school pharmacist, who hesitates to put down the phone, and plays the game of seduction with the charming “Mr X”. After a missed appointment, he seeks her company, by pretending he is an important reporter, while he keeps on calling her pretending he is a famous writer, in order to not disappoint her because of his small job. In the mean time, Christine has to sort out her family life, but above all her friends, who are a bit too nosy…
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I had hoped that the two great actors could somewhat shine in whichever flawed movie. Hell no, you can have the best casting and still make a terrible movie.
I cannot understand how the seasoned producer did this movie. I guess she was in love with the original book, bought the rights, hired Francis Veber to adapt it for a hefty sum and then couldn’t let go. Maybe words on paper had a subtle black irony turn that would never make its way into moving pictures.
It starts very bad with this ugly shot of a depressed Marielle alone in his grim flat, with his voice-over narration that only deepens the abysmally boring scene. Then it is only about passive characters bumping more or less directly into each other. Try as I might I could barely watch this for over an hour. I surmise the last 20 minutes secure some kind of happy ending: the build-up was so exhausting that I definitely don’t want any of it.
