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August 15th

2001 · 92 min

A light, busy French comedy about hapless dads scrambling through domestic chaos, more amiably frantic than truly funny.

Directed by: Patrick Alessandrin
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Richard Berry, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Overview: Three men are abandonned by their wives for a few days in the summer holidays. They are alone with five kids to feed and a house to maintain. And they will learn what they did wrong with their wives.

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Directed by: Patrick Alessandrin
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Richard Berry, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
love
Places: home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Patrick Alessandrin
Written by: Patrick Alessandrin, Lisa Azuelos
Starring: Richard Berry, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Mélanie Thierry, Selma El Mouissi, Manon Gaurin, Thomas Goulard, Ludmila Mikaël
Cinematography: Damien Morisot
Runtime: 92 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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