The Art of Breaking Up

The Art of Breaking Up

80 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 27, 2005

Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. He is a spoiled but penniless child who wants it all while she is a celebrated figure of la vie parisienne who knows what she wants and what she is worth. Edouard is marrying a young, pretty and rich heiress. He comes to confess this to Lucette and to make their parting official, but he doesn’t want to leave her. He struggles with all his might to hide his betrayal but her opportunities to learn of it are countless and unpredictable.

The Art of Breaking Up

80 mins | Comedy, Romance | April 27, 2005

The Art of Breaking Up
Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. He is a spoiled but penniless child who wants it all while she is a celebrated figure of la vie parisienne who knows what she wants and what she is worth. Edouard is marrying a young, pretty and rich heiress. He comes to confess this to Lucette and to make their parting official, but he doesn’t want to leave her. He struggles with all his might to hide his betrayal but her opportunities to learn of it are countless and unpredictable.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Eléfilm, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Original title Un Fil à la patte
Directors Michel Deville
Writers Rosalinde Deville, Georges Feydeau

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart

as Lucette

Charles Berling

as Édouard de Bois d'Enghien

Dominique Blanc

as Baroness Duverger

Jacques Bonnaffé

as Fontanet

Mathieu Demy

as Firmin

Julie Depardieu

as Amélie

Sara Forestier

as Viviane

Stanislas Merhar

as Irrigua

Tom Novembre

as Chenneviette

Patrick Timsit

as Bouzin

Virginie Hocq

as Emilie

Clément Sibony

as Antonio

Élizabeth Macocco

as The lost guest