After Plancha, the 10 best friends films to see absolutely
On the occasion of the theatrical release of Plancha, we invite you to prolong the pleasure with 10 must-see films by French friends!
Released in theaters on October 26, Plancha brings together a fine line-up of stars for a totally feel-good pal comedy! The feature film, directed by Eric Lavaine, is the sequel to Barbecue.
Eight years have passed for the characters of the first opus: this year they were delighted to celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday. It was supposed to be in Greece, it will finally be in Yves’ family mansion in Brittany: old stones, fascinating moorland, fine sandy beaches and frenzied fest-noz, everything is there but in the rain.
This stormy weather will put the nerves of the group of friends to the test. And above all, Yves’ birthday will be the occasion for unexpected revelations. To prolong the pleasure, we offer you a focus on 10 must-see films by French friends!
AN ELEPHANT CHEATS A LOT
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Attention, great classic of the comedy of friends! Released in 1976, An elephant cheats enormously brings together Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Claude Brasseur and Guy Bedos. The story of four friends, grown up as they approach their forties. Etienne is happy in his couple, but he is obsessed with the image of a young woman in a red dress…
THE HEART OF MEN
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A classic friends movie! Le Coeur des hommes introduces us to Alex, Antoine, Jeff and Manu, four friends who are both solid and immature, are at the crossroads of their adult lives. They see each other regularly, like to chat, argue and laugh together. Coming from working-class backgrounds, they have achieved their professional goals: Alex and Jeff have created a small sports press group that is doing well, Antoine is a gym teacher in a large Parisian high school, Manu has a deli-caterer shop that is always full. That spring, a series of events, the death of a father, the infidelity of a wife, the marriage of a daughter, touch them and bring them even closer. Confronted with situations that they do not control, they confide in each other, explain themselves, help each other, confront each other and question themselves. Their relationship to women is at the heart of all their problems, all their conversations, all their conflicts…
FOUR UP-COMING BOYS
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Generational comedy released in 1997, Four boys full of future tells the adventures of four friends, law students in Aix-en-Provence. Among them, Arnaud, camped by Olivier Brocheriou. He has just learned that he is repeating his first year for the third time. Faced with her despair, her three friends decide to help her. They will go that very night to change the results of Arnaud’s writings. Promise kept and Arnaud finds himself the same day admitted to take the oral. A sequel has been officially started with the return of the original cast!
FIVE
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In Five, with Pierre Niney, five childhood friends have always dreamed of living in a shared apartment. When the opportunity to move in together arises, Julia, Vadim, Nestor and Timothy don’t hesitate for a second, especially when Samuel offers to pay half the rent! Barely settled, Samuel finds himself on the straw but decides not to tell the others and to assume his share by starting to sell weed. But he’s not a drug dealer, and when everything goes wrong, Samuel has no choice but to turn to the only family he has left: his friends!
EVERYTHING THAT SHINES
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Worn by the duo Leila Bekhty and Géraldine Nakache, All that glitters tells us the story of Ely and Lila. They have known each other since childhood, share everything and together dream of another life. They live in the same suburb, ten minutes from Paris. Today, Ely and Lila no longer want to be ten minutes away from their lives. From small confusions to big lies, they will do everything to try to penetrate a world that is not theirs where everything seems possible to them. But all that glitters…
YOUNG PERIL
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Worn by a Romain Duris barely 20 years old, Le Péril Jeune marked a whole generation of spectators. In this film directed by Cédric Klapisch, we find a few young men meeting several years after leaving high school. They assist during her delivery the companion of their best friend, who died a week earlier of an overdose. This is an opportunity for them to compare their memories.
MY BEST FRIENDS
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Led by the trio Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Pierre Bacri and Christian Clavier, My best friends allow us to meet some childhood friends approaching their forties. They meet when a Quebec rock star, Bernadette Legranbois, whom they knew during their youth, comes to Paris. This is an opportunity for Jean-Michel, Richard, Guido, Antoine and Dany to settle some old scores and take stock of what remains of their teenage dreams.
SMALL HANDKERCHIEFS
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A film for friends par excellence, Les Petits handkerchiefs by Guillaume Canet has become a classic. Following a shocking event, a group of friends decide, despite everything, to go on vacation by the sea like every year. Their friendship, their certainties, their guilt, their loves will be shaken. They will finally have to lift the “little handkerchiefs” they have placed on their secrets and their lies.
ADVENTURE IS ADVENTURE
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A cult film directed by Claude Lelouch, L’Aventure c’est l’aventure is performed by an exceptional cast! Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Aldo Maccione, Charles Denner and Johnny Hallyday! The banks no longer being profitable enough, five hoodlums decide to retrain by kidnapping personalities. The first on the list is none other than Johnny Hallyday.
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE
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Directed by Lisa Azuelos with a beautiful female cast (Michèle Laroque, Valérie Benguigui, Aure Atika, Géraldine Nakache), Comme t’y es belle presents Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina. They are linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship. They share their lives between heart stories, a beauty institute under tax control, children to raise, a Moroccan nanny without papers to pacs, repeated diets, family and religious celebrations to honor, but before being beautiful , their biggest challenge is to be themselves.
