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Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996)
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Comedy, Drama · 2h 02m
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.
Cast
Fabrice Luchini
Fabio Lini
Bernard Tapie
Benoit Blanc
Alessandra Martines
Docteur Nitez
Pierre Arditi
Professeur Lerner
Caroline Cellier
Madame Blanc
Ticky Holgado
le père de Loulou
Ophélie Winter
la fille du Crillon
Patrick Husson
le chanteur (voix)
Jacqueline Joubert
la secrétaire en chef de Blanc
Christian Charmetant
Le prêtre au confessionnal
Alain Doutey
le directeur du Crillon
Jean-Philippe Chatrier
Alexandre Blanc
Crew
- Director
- Claude Lelouch
- Screenplay
- Claude Lelouch, René Bonnell
- Director of Photography
- Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty
- Original Music Composer
- Francis Lai
Details
- Original title
- Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi
- Release date
- 1996-08-28
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films 13, TF1 Films Production, UFD