Un Air de Famille Movie Review 1996

Comedy, adapted from a play, about a dysfunctional family. They're meeting at the family's rundown bar to celebrate the birthday of son Philippe's (Yordanoff) silly wife, Yolande (Frot). The bar is run by his brother Henri (Bacri), whose wife calls to say she's left him, while their tactless mother (Maurier) frets over their sister, Betty (Jaoui), who's 30 and still single. What no one knows is that Betty has been secretly seeing Denis (Darroussin), the bartender, whom everyone thinks is simple but is actually the only one with any clue to the family's hypocrisy. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Birthdays, Family Drama, Adapted from a Play, Bar & Grill

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Cedric Klapisch

Cast

Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Claire Maurier, Wladimir Yordanoff

Cinematography

Benoit Delhomme

Director

Cedric Klapisch

Other

Francine Sandberg

Producer

Charles Gassot, Jacques Hinstin, Le Studio Canal Plus, France 2 Cinema

Awards

Cesar 1997: Support. Actor (Darroussin), Support. Actress (Frot), Writing.