Name: Tontaine et Tonton
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Patrick Pineau, Eric Petitjean

Two fortyish men who haven´t seen each other for two decades bump into each other one grey afternoon in the Place de la Bastille. They start talking and realise that neither of them has had sex for a long time. In a café they spot a young woman, lovely and sexy, Justine played by the irresistible Emmanuelle Devos. She invites them for supper at her apartment. The two men follow her in vain hope for something else than discussions on Mitterand that she offers. In turn, each of the men tries to seduce Justine, but for her, there´s only one man - Mitterand. Quite funny and moving, this movie would be a catastrophe with an American actress. But Devos is something else - she radiates womanhood and you understand and are able to emphatize with the two luckless fellows at her feet.

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