And more if affinities, with Bernard Campan and Isabelle Carré: There is Carnage or First Name here (review)

The two actors from Remembering Beautiful Things and La Dégustation are teaming up again this evening on Canal +.

After 25 years of living together, Xavier and Sophie are in search of sensations, despite the reluctance of Xavier, a bit (f)rigid. Sophie takes the lead by inviting their neighbors, Adèle and Alban, to the great displeasure of Xavier. The latter criticizes the lovers for indulging too noisily in the activity. It’s the clash of civilizations between an unbridled couple and a couple disillusioned by this immodest alchemy. Xavier and Sophie face this reality head on, before being taken by surprise by an indecent proposition.

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Directed and written by Olivier Ducray (Last days of a country doctor) And Wilfried Meance (Twins but not toop), And more if affinities emerged as the big winner of the Alpe d’Huez Festival 2024 with the special jury prize, the public prize as well as the two interpretation prizes awarded to Isabelle Carré And Bernard Campan. Faced with this duo, Pablo Pauly And Julia Faure will share the couple’s table for dinner.

“Our references were Carnage and Le Prénom, where we witness the explosion of a group starting from a more or less serious triggering incident. The characters clash over both their conception of the world and their social affiliations“, explain Wilfried Meance in the press kit.

On the occasion of its first television broadcast, this Tuesday evening on Canal +, we are republishing our review, shared during its discovery in the middle of the comedy festival:

In this film by Wilfried Meance and Olivier Ducray, it’s not about money, but about sex – and a little love. French remake of the Spanish film Sentimentalthis boulevard comedy is a theatrical closed door in which a struggling couple (Bernard Campan and Isabelle Carré) invite their younger and much more modern neighbors (Pablo Pauly and Julia Faure) to dinner.

Even more than modern: free. When the young people propose a foursome to Campan and Carré, the pleasant evening planned gradually becomes charged with tensions and unsaid words, where explicit dialogues quickly deteriorate the friendly atmosphere. And more… is intended to be an olé olé version of the traditional “dinner with friends that goes wrong”, a patent revised and redeposited a few years ago by Yasmina Reza. There is Carnage or First name here. Despite its beautiful setting and the luxurious production, the film leaves an impression of filmed theater. Everything is based on reverse shots and the crudeness of the punchlines released by the character of Campan, an embittered and failed musician. The improbable surprises of the scenario and the outcome make the whole thing a bit artificial. But, in terms of perspective, it is the most serious candidate for the Public Prize. The room, laughing, vibrated to the tune of the film. And we must admit that Julia Faure and Pablo Pauly, through the grace and finesse of their acting, and their sense of timing too, gave a lot of humanity to their couple.

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