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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Agnès Jaoui brings similarly precise, compassionate humour to mismatched people whose desires and social habits collide; its ensemble writing has the same alertness to tiny humiliations and unexpected warmth.
02
Why this pick
Its single celebratory gathering becomes a lively map of old friends, relatives and professional rivalries, balancing caustic exchanges with a generous sense of how people perform themselves in groups.
03
Why this pick
For the pleasure of French dialogue escalating inside a confined social occasion, this has the same theatrical clockwork and acidic comedy, though its focus is a more farcical battle of ego.
04
Why this pick
A more expansive and emotionally volatile family reunion, rich in overlapping histories, alliances and resentments; it shares the original's pleasure in letting affection and cruelty coexist at the table.
05
Why this pick
Its naturalistic ensemble and patiently accumulated family tensions lead toward an unforgettable communal confrontation, matching the bittersweet observation and emotional honesty beneath Klapisch's comedy.
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01 / THE STORY
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Henri
Denis
Philippe
Yolande
Betty
la mère
le père en 1967
le voisin de la cité
