Sam's Enough

Sam's Enough

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 1, 1992

After trying a job as a stripper in a Barcelona carnival, Eva (Aure Attika) is ready for something new, so she heads over to France and becomes the roommate of a gay American artist (Phillip Bartlett) and works as the housewife for two wealthy older homosexuals (Claude Chabrol and Jean-François Balmer. After she gets settled, she takes a job at a government office for a while but then decides to have a child, which her obliging roommate makes with her the old fashioned way. He then returns to his usual preference, while Eva explores becoming an artist herself. From time to time in this easygoing comedy, Eva's similarly independent and quirky mother (Bernadette Lafont) shows up.

Sam's Enough

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 1, 1992

Sam's Enough
After trying a job as a stripper in a Barcelona carnival, Eva (Aure Attika) is ready for something new, so she heads over to France and becomes the roommate of a gay American artist (Phillip Bartlett) and works as the housewife for two wealthy older homosexuals (Claude Chabrol and Jean-François Balmer. After she gets settled, she takes a job at a government office for a while but then decides to have a child, which her obliging roommate makes with her the old fashioned way. He then returns to his usual preference, while Eva explores becoming an artist herself. From time to time in this easygoing comedy, Eva's similarly independent and quirky mother (Bernadette Lafont) shows up.
Producers
Original title Sam suffit
Directors Virginie Thévenet
Writers Michka Assayas, Virginie Thévenet

Cast

Aure Atika

as Eva

Philip Bartlett

as Peter

Claude Chabrol

as M. Denis

Rossy de Palma

as Chichi

Bass Dhem

as Head of register of births, marriages, and deaths

Catherine Benguigui

as Employee of the town hall