In 2007, Emmanuel Mouret signed a successful romantic film with Virginie Ledoyen, Julie Gayet and Frédérique Bel.
Lost in the streets of Nantes during a business trip, Emilie asks a passerby for directions. The latter, Gabriel, is very helpful. They both hit it off very quickly. Then, without any ambiguity, Emilie and Gabriel have dinner together. But at the end of the evening, Gabriel tries to kiss Emilie. Although she too is seduced by this unexpected encounter, she refuses to grant this kiss. Disappointed, Gabriel tries to understand. Emilie decides to explain herself. A painful mishap that happened to two of his acquaintances prevents him from saying yes to this kiss. It tells the story of a married woman and her best friend, surprised by the effects of a kiss with serious consequences…
In 2007, Emmanuel Mouret made a funny film about adultery, A kiss, please!. Good news for spectators who love romantic dramas, it will be rebroadcast this Saturday on France 4. First advises you. Here is our review, accompanied by an interview with its director and one of its main actresses: Virginie Ledoyen.
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“Between Dangerous connections and cerebral boulevard, between moral crisis and scathing humor, Emmanuel Mouret stages, with confounding subtlety, the falsely futile and often cruel ballet of his protagonists. Beneath the apparent lightness of the banter, behind the delicate humor of the situations and dialogues, the romantic, erotic and existential dismay lives its life.”
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