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Le Cactus

2005 · 94 min

A breezy French comedy of misunderstandings that coasts on charm and the easy chemistry between two old friends.

Directed by
Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbé, Alice Taglioni
Overview
Sami and Patrick are long-time friends. Sami is a hypochondriac. One day, following a misunderstanding at the hospital, Sami thinks he has an incurable neurological disease. He decides to live his last moments to the fullest and goes to India to be treated by a great local "doctor". In the meantime, his friend Patrick, who has been accompanying and supporting him without knowing that this illness is in fact fictitious, finds himself without a wife or job. The initial situation seems to be reversed; Patrick is out of luck and Sami seems less and less ill.

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Directed by
Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbé, Alice Taglioni
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    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • identity
    • fate
    • love
    • healing
    Places
    • big city
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz
    Starring
    Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbé, Alice Taglioni, Pierre Richard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, François Civil, Christian Charmetant, Éric Seigne
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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