Men, Women: A User's Manual

Men, Women: A User's Manual

122 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 28, 1996

Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is a policeman and he too suffers from the same sickness. The two man face suffering in opposite ways: Benoit Blanc is optimistic while Fabiolini, always unsure of himself, is persuaded he is seriously ill. The two men meet by chance while doing a gastroscopy and become friends. After having known their real different conditions, they will change and will understand better their lives. Around them, other people, women and men, will see their lives changed, by chance, by love or solely by the life stream.

Men, Women: A User's Manual

122 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 28, 1996

Men, Women: A User's Manual
Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is a policeman and he too suffers from the same sickness. The two man face suffering in opposite ways: Benoit Blanc is optimistic while Fabiolini, always unsure of himself, is persuaded he is seriously ill. The two men meet by chance while doing a gastroscopy and become friends. After having known their real different conditions, they will change and will understand better their lives. Around them, other people, women and men, will see their lives changed, by chance, by love or solely by the life stream.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers TF1 Films Production, Les Films 13
Original title Hommes, femmes : mode d'emploi
Directors Claude Lelouch
Writers René Bonnell, Claude Lelouch

Cast

Fabrice Luchini

as Fabio Lini

Bernard Tapie

as Benoit Blanc

Alessandra Martines

as Docteur Nitez

Pierre Arditi

as Professeur Lerner

Caroline Cellier

as Madame Blanc

Ticky Holgado

as le père de Loulou

Ophélie Winter

as la fille du Crillon

Patrick Husson

as le chanteur (voix)

Jacqueline Joubert

as la secrétaire en chef de Blanc

Christian Charmetant

as Le prêtre au confessionnal

Alain Doutey

as le directeur du Crillon

Jean-Philippe Chatrier

as Alexandre Blanc

Léa Vigny

as Léa, la fiancée d'Alexandre

Nadia Farès

as la nouvelle secrétaire de Blanc

Gisèle Casadesus

as Clara Blanc

Agnès Soral

as la compagne de Fabio Lini

Antoine Duléry

as le collègue de Fabio Lini

William Leymergie

as Dufour

Clotilde de Bayser

as Madame Dufour

Salomé Lelouch

as Lola Dufour

Christophe Hémon

as Loulou

Julien Courbey

as un copain de Loulou

Daniel Gélin

as le veuf

Anouk Aimée

as la veuve

Philippe Khorsand

as le chef du restaurant

Philippe Gildas

as lui-même