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Actors: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Valérie Mairesse, Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki, Catherine Frot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Un Couple Epatant |
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UN COUPLE EPATANT or AN AMAZING COUPLE is the second installment of the Belgian director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy shot in 2002.
Cécile and Alain Costes have been happily married for 18 years. Alain is an absent-minded, eccentric and slightly hypochondriac man so when his friend Georges, a doctor, tells him that he has to undergo a mild surgical operation next week, Alain is convinced he has a terminal disease. He'll spend the rest of the day freewheeling in the town.
Alain awkwardly tries to hide his worries in front of his wife Cécile. She is soon convinced that Alain is cheating on her and she decides to ask a policeman to follow him. Alain soon notices that he's followed. His paranoia doubles and he's now persuaded that there is a conspiracy against him. He follows his wife and sees her talking to the policeman. Is she part of the conspiracy or is the policeman her lover? Alain and Cécile will spend the rest of the week spying on each other and making the most improbable assumptions about the other's behaviour.
A COUPLE EPATANT is a comedy based on misunderstandings and little misapprehensions.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Un Couple Epatant |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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