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Plot Summary:
Martial (Daniel Auteuil) is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. During his hospitalization, he ceases to speak with everyone, including his wife Régine (Thérèse Liotard), whom he had encouraged to find a new partner soon after entering the clinic. Upon his return he finds his mother (Danielle Darrieux), a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain. She's convinced that his son, whom by now hardly talks to anyone after his experience, will be able to find himself again if tasked with some responbibilities. Soon enough, he's sent to Limoges on a business trip to check on one of their stores in the hope to reinvigorate its failing business. Once he arrives, Martial is faced with responsibilities he had never imagined, including dealing with the store's personnel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, feel good
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Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 437
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Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 357
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 560
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 629
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 649
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 556
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 557
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IMDB Votes: 526
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IMDB Votes: 199
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IMDB Votes: 4000
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