Say yes!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Say yes! |
| Original title | Dis-moi oui |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alexandre Arcady |
| script | Alexandre Arcady Olivier Dazat |
| production | Alexandre Arcady Robert Benmussa |
| music | Philippe Sarde |
| camera | Robert Alazraki |
| cut | Martine Giordano |
| occupation | |
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Say yes! (Original title Dis-moi oui ) is a French comedy film directed by Alexandre Arcady from 1995.
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The 30-year-old womanizer Stéphane Villiers works in Bordeaux as a pediatrician at his father's clinic and is popular with patients and clinic staff alike. One day, 12-year-old Eva Castillo is sitting on his doorstep and tells him the story of a missed train on a school trip. Reluctantly, he offers Eva to spend the night in his apartment. To his surprise, Eva turns out to be an excellent pianist on his grand piano . After Stéphane exposes Eva's story as a hoax, she flees the apartment.
In the polo club, Stéphane meets the attractive lawyer Florence. All of a sudden, Eva reappears with him. She explains to him that she is being abused by her evil stepmother and her two daughters and points to a hematoma on her leg. Stéphane makes an appointment with Florence to get legal advice from her about Eva's family situation. Florence bursts out laughing and convinces Stéphane that Eva served him the story of Cinderella . The next day, Eva cannot be found again. Stéphane and Florence go on a search for the Pilat Dune . The two are about to kiss in the car when Eva sits up in the back seat and insults Florence in the worst possible way. Then Eva runs away again.
While working in the hospital, Stéphane meets Eva, who is brought in for observation, accompanied by her mother. He learns that Eva has a brain tumor and is in danger of going blind. When she sees Stéphane talking to his ex-girlfriend, the psychologist Nathalie, Eva freaks out and refuses to eat anything. The following morning, Eva's resolute grandfather brings his granddaughter to Stéphane's private apartment with the declaration that "he is her medicine". Time and again, moments of mental absence occur with Eva that indicate a drastic worsening of her suffering.
During research, Stéphane finds out that Dr. Arnaud advocates a theory about a new method of embolization . Arnaud and Stéphane's father once worked together, but fell apart in an argument. Stéphane is looking incognito Dr. Arnaud and lets him explain this new method to you.
In the meantime Eva has arranged a candlelight dinner with Florence on his behalf without Stéphane's knowledge. When Eva jealously asks Stéphane in the kitchen during dinner whether he has already touched Florence, he slaps her in the face. Florence has meanwhile left the apartment and ends the friendship with Stéphane. The next day Eva breaks down and has to be hospitalized. The tumor has grown and urgently needs an operation. Professor Villiers makes an appointment for the next morning, risking Eva losing her sight. Stéphane brings Dr. Arnaud forcibly goes to the clinic and tells him to embolize Eva. Professor Villiers, alerted by the hospital staff, appears in the operating room, but gives in at Stéphane's insistence. The embolization is successful, Eva is out of danger and will get well again. On the same day, Stéphane leaves the clinic and Bordeaux with an unknown destination.
Eight years later, Stéphane is in Seville . He learns from the newspaper that the pianist Eva Castillo is also staying here for a concert. He attends the piano concert and is carried away by Eva's virtuosity. When leaving the building, the two have brief eye contact, but are separated by intrusive reporters. Stéphane returns to the hotel late in the evening and hears Eva's favorite melody on the stairwell. A lost shoe on the stairs, alluding to Cinderella, leads Stéphane straight to Eva's suite, whom he finds lying on the bed drinking cocoa. Eva is now 20 and still loves Stéphane, and he can no longer deny his affection.
Reviews
"Small but fairytale story full of vivid characters"
"Great sympathy and decent entertainment value"
Web links
- Say yes! in the Internet Movie Database (English)