Breakfast with Monsieur Henri
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Breakfast with Monsieur Henri |
| Original title | L'étudiante and Monsieur Henri |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ivan Calbérac |
| script | Ivan Calbérac |
| production |
Isabelle Grellat Doublet , Eric Altmayer , Nicolas Altmayer |
| music | Laurent Aknin |
| camera | Vincent Mathias |
| cut | Veronique Parnet |
| occupation | |
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Breakfast at Monsieur Henri (original title: L'étudiante et Monsieur Henri ) is a French tragic comedy directed by Ivan Calbérac from 2015 . The cinema release in Germany was on July 21, 2016.
action
Constance Piponnier suffers from massive test anxiety. She has already failed the driving test five times and fails every other test. Against the wishes of her father, who runs a vegetable stand in Orleans, she moves to Paris to find happiness there.
She has little money and moves in as a lodger with Monsieur Henri while she studies at the University of Paris. The odd pensioner Henri has lived alone with his turtle in an old Parisian apartment since the death of his wife. He has become bitter and grumpy after the death of his wife, who died under the influence of alcohol 30 years ago after falling out of a window. His son Paul hopes that a young roommate can take care of him.
The chaotic and always burned down Constance does not stick to Henri's rules, so she secretly plays the piano (a passion she had given up because of her father), although Henri had forbidden her, and sometimes uses his slippers. When she can no longer pay her rent, Henri proposes a deal: she should divide Paul from his wife Valerie, and in return she should stay at home.
Desperate, Constance accepts the immoral offer. At a brunch she meets Paul and his wife Valerie and she begins to flirt with Paul in moments that his wife does not observe. But later she also befriends Valerie, who helps her when she fails another exam. Henri's heart also softens Constance, and he suggests that she apply to the London School of Music. But he also reminds her of her deal.
And so Constance Paul continues to make advances, which he also falls for. He falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Constance has a fleeting affair with a DJ. Paul misinterprets the signs and accompanies Constance to a club. The two kiss when he sets them down at home, Constance fends off further advances.
Then there is an argument between Paul and Valerie. When Paul then throws himself into his supposed affair, Constance tells him that nothing will come of it. There is a reconciliation with Valerie, who has revealed to Paul that she is pregnant. Henri is now expecting a grandchild. Paul finally makes up with Constance too.
Constance realizes that Henri treats his son as her father treats her. Both fathers believe they know what is best for their children. She makes up her own mind and decides to concentrate on what she wants: to write music. Against her father's wishes, she went to London and took part in an audition there in the hope of being accepted into composition studies. In the meantime, Henri dies and she returns to Paris. There Paul reveals to her that Henri died happily and that he was very happy to have the grandchild. He also tells her that he was very happy that Constance was successful in auditioning. Constance now admits that she was not taken in the finals, but that she did not want to write to him due to his health. She wants to try again next year. Paul says that she can live in Henri's apartment and gives her a farewell letter from Henri, who leaves her his slippers and the piano and gives her some advice on life. Finally, Constance lays flowers on his grave.
background
Breakfast at Monsieur Henri is based on Ivan Calbérac's play L'Étudiante et Monsieur Henri . The few locations and the chamber play-like staging remained of this play .
The film premiered in France on August 27, 2015 at the Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême. This was followed by a theatrical release in France on October 7, 2015. The film had its German premiere on July 20, 2016 at the film festival Filmnächte am Elbe . The film was shown in German cinemas on July 21, 2016.
On July 23, 2018, it was shown in the series SommerKino in Erste , where it topped the normal broadcasting level with “3.48 million and 13.8%”.
Reviews
Epd Film rated the film benevolently and particularly praised the alleged comeback of Claude Brasseur as a grumpy, grouchy pensioner. "The macho capable of insight in the films of Claude Sautet and Yves Robert has become a resilient pillar of the filmic generation contract," said Gerhard Midding in his review.
Claudia Reinhard rated the film a little less benevolently for FAZ.net : "The comedic framework of the romantic intrigue is sometimes not entirely convincing, but remains subtle enough so that the melancholy moments between the landlord and the subtenant do not lose their effect."
The film was panned in the Tagesspiegel . There Daniela Sannwald wrote: “The director Ivan Calbérac went to great lengths to be funny. He was completely unsuccessful; his characters, including Paul's father Henri, Paul's stupid wife and a friend of Constance's, are laid out in such a woodcut style that even the great Claude Brasseur in the title role cannot tear anything out. "
Gross profit
579,901 visitors were counted in German cinemas.
Web links
- Breakfast at Monsieur Henri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for breakfast with Monsieur Henri . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 159153 / K).
- ^ A b Claudia Reinhard: French comedy in the first: The old man and the flat share . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 26, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Critique of breakfast with Monsieur Henri | epd film. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ↑ breakfast at Monsieur Henri in the Internet Movie Database (English) . Retrieved July 26, 2018
- ↑ Concerts set a record for film nights on the banks of the Elbe in Dresden. Retrieved on July 26, 2018 (German).
- ^ Film Nights: German Premiere for Breakfast at Monsieur Henri - People in Dresden. Retrieved on July 26, 2018 (German).
- ^ Breakfast with Monsieur Henri | Summer cinema in the first. Retrieved on July 26, 2018 (German).
- ↑ “The summer house of the stars” rises to a record, the first scores with “Breakfast at Monsieur Henri” ›Meedia. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Daniela Sannwald: The young student and the old curmudgeon . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . July 21, 2016, ISSN 1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed July 26, 2018]).