Next Year If All Goes Well

Next Year If All Goes Well

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 5, 1981

Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a child, Maxime panics. As a cartoonist by trade he is far from financially stable, so he outright rejects the idea of parenthood. What follows is a roller-coaster romance full of recriminations and reconciliations, until Maxime must ultimately decide whether his fear of becoming a parent is a reason to leave.

Next Year If All Goes Well

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 5, 1981

Next Year If All Goes Well
Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a child, Maxime panics. As a cartoonist by trade he is far from financially stable, so he outright rejects the idea of parenthood. What follows is a roller-coaster romance full of recriminations and reconciliations, until Maxime must ultimately decide whether his fear of becoming a parent is a reason to leave.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers G.P.F.I., Les Films de l'Alma, Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC)
Original title L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien
Directors Jean-Loup Hubert
Writers Josiane Balasko

Cast

Isabelle Adjani

as Isabelle

Thierry Lhermitte

as Maxime

Marie-Anne Chazel

as Huguette

Bernard Crombey

as Moinet

Antoinette Moya

as La mère d'Isabelle

Fred Personne

as Le père d'Isabelle

Mathieu Kassovitz

as le petit garcon