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Boyfriends and Girlfriends
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Wikipedia article
'Boyfriends and Girlfriends' (; also known as 'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend') is a 1987 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by ric Rohmer. The film stars Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Franois-ric Gendron and ric Viellard. It is the sixth and final instalment in Rohmer's 'Comedies and Proverbs' series. The title literally means the (male) friend of my (female) friend, or perhaps the boyfriend of my girlfriend: it echoes the proverb "Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis" ("My friend's friend is my friend").
Plot
Blanche is freshly installed in Cergy-Pontoise, 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 La at lunch one day, and soon she meets an acquaintance of La, Alexandre, whom she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The film then follows the time-honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and La switch boyfriends.
Cast
* Emmanuelle Chaulet as Blanche
* Sophie Renoir as La
* Franois-ric Gendron as Alexandre
* as Fabien
* as Adrienne
Reception
The film received generally positive reviews from major critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 10 critics.
Vincent Canby of 'The New York Times' praised the film highly, saying, "'L'Ami de Mon Amie' is as clean and functional in appearance as the satellite city, but it's full of unexpected delights." Roger Ebert of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' gave it three out of four and wrote: "Rohmer knows exactly what he is doing here. He has no great purpose, but an interesting small one: He wants to observe the everyday behavior of a new class of French person, the young professionals." Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum also gave the film a favourable rating. Hal Hinson of 'The Washington Post' wrote: "It's an utterly superficial movie a celebration of superficiality and utterly charming."
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