L'Ami de mon amie
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Boyfriends and Girlfriends (French
title:L'Ami de mon amie, also known as My Girlfriend's Boyfriend) is a 1987
comedy film
directed by Éric Rohmer
. The film stars Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir
, Anne-Laure Meury.
, a trendy new town
near Paris. She has a new apartment, a new job with no one over and no one under her. She meets Léa at the swimming pool, and soon she meets an acquaintance of Léa, Alexandre, who she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The movie then follows the time-honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and Lea switch boyfriends. The title of the movie in French is a pun: The boyfriend of my friend (could be my boyfriend).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
title:L'Ami de mon amie, also known as My Girlfriend's Boyfriend) is a 1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....
. The film stars Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir
Sophie Renoir
Sophie Renoir is a French actress. She is the great-granddaughter of noted French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In 1988, she was nominated for César Award for Most Promising Actress, for her part in Boyfriends and Girlfriends by Eric Rohmer...
, Anne-Laure Meury.
Plot
Blanche is freshly installed in Cergy-PontoiseCergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise is a new town in France, in the Val d'Oise département, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise....
, a trendy new town
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
near Paris. She has a new apartment, a new job with no one over and no one under her. She meets Léa at the swimming pool, and soon she meets an acquaintance of Léa, Alexandre, who she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The movie then follows the time-honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and Lea switch boyfriends. The title of the movie in French is a pun: The boyfriend of my friend (could be my boyfriend).
Cast
- Emmanuelle Chaulet as Blanche
- Sophie RenoirSophie RenoirSophie Renoir is a French actress. She is the great-granddaughter of noted French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In 1988, she was nominated for César Award for Most Promising Actress, for her part in Boyfriends and Girlfriends by Eric Rohmer...
as Lea - Anne-Laure Meury as Adrienne
- Eric Viellard as Fabien
- François-Eric GendronFrançois-Eric GendronFrançois-Éric Gendron is a French actor. He is the son of French cellist Maurice Gendron.-Filmography:*1981 : Les hommes préfèrent les grosses, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré...
as Alexandre