Name: C'est arrivé dans l'escalier
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2006-06-09
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Julie Debazac, Sam Karmann, Macha Méril

Charles Bénétaud has come to speak with his cousin Didier Langren about business. When he leaves him Charles falls on the stairs: Isabelle takes care for him in the apartment of Mlle de Tassigny. Then comes the invitation of Charles to Mlle de Tassigny for an gallery opening: Isabelle decides to go the opening and she spends a good moment with Charles who believes that she is the renowned novelist. Isabelle is quite confused and tries to tell him the truth, but every time Charles has a good word for her and she gives up.

I enjoyed this comedy with sweet and comic situations and with moments of sincerity (when the novelist listens to the comments about her books).

The performances of Macha Méril, Julie Debazac and Sam Karmann are very good.

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Isabelle, working as janitor at a bourgeois building, meets Charles, one of the tenants when he falls on the stairs. Taking her for a renowned novelist, he invites her to a fancy restaurant. Bewildered, Isabelle decides to live the lie.

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