''Ma femme s'appelle reviens'' is a 1982 French
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Patrice Leconte.
Plot
Bernard has been brutally left by his wife, without even a file for divorce, and attempts to absolutely get her back, on the sudden departure of her flight for
Lausanne
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, but he fails. Having committed several infractions during his trip, he is arrested by the police but is finally free a few hours later.
Firmly convinced that they were happy together, Bernard does not understand why she is gone. Trying to forget it but having a hard time overcoming his sorrow, he goes living in a residence "for bachelors". Employed by SOS Médecins, he decides to ensure the overnight care to occupy his insomnia. He is demanded one evening to rescue a neighbor, Nadine Foulon, who has gotten ill in an elevator. Nadine is also crossing a difficult period, since her partner Terry, a singer and guitarist, has completely abandoned her and is continuing to "mess" with her feelings. Working as a photographer, she is unable to forget it and swings between depression and bulimia.
Cast
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Michel Blanc ... Bernard Fizet
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Anémone ... Nadine Foulon
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Xavier Saint-Macary
Xavier Saint-Macary (June 7, 1948 – March 13, 1988) was a French actor, brother of Hubert Saint-Macary.
Saint-Macary played in ''La Nuit américaine'' (1973) directed by François Truffaut and '' Le Château perdu'' (1973). American audiences ...
... Philippe
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Christophe Malavoy
Christophe Malavoy (born 21 March 1952 in Reutlingen, West Germany), is a French actor.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century French male actors
French male film actors
Most Promising ...
... Terry
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Catherine Gandois ... Mireille
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Pascale Rocard ... Anne
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Michel Rivard .. Alexandre
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Sylvia Zerbib ... daughter of the real-estate agent
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Patrick Bruel ... François, Anne's friend
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Charlotte de Turckheim ... a patient
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Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point.
Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had direct ...
... police officer
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Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (born 17 July 1962) is a French actor, writer and director. His film, ''La journée de la jupe'', was nominated for three César Awards in 2009, including Best Film and Best Original Screenplay for Lilienfeld.
Director film ...
... thief in the bar
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Gilles Dyan ... Antoine
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Ellen Von Unwerth ... Kerstin
* Laura Gomez ... Caroline
External links
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1982 films
1982 comedy films
French comedy films
Films directed by Patrice Leconte
1980s French-language films
1980s French films
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