Hunting and Gathering (2007)
Directed by Claude Berri
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
Acclaimed director Claude Berri (Jean de Florette) helms the whimsical romantic comedy Ensemble, c'est tout (Hunting and Gathering, 2007). A box office blockbuster in France, the picture follows the romantic couplings that form in the lives of several lonely Parisian singles. The lead characters include: an emotionally fragile, exhausted cleaning lady named Camille (Audrey Tatou) who is suffering from anorexia; a well-to-do young man named Phillibert struggling with his own sexual orientation (Laurent Stocker) but who begins to drift toward heterosexuality and a stable relationship with a woman; and Phillibert's rebellious pothead roommate Franck (Guillaume Canet), who can never quite breach the possibility of committing to one woman, or come face to face with his dream of opening a French restaurant - until he meets Camille and the pieces begin to fall into place. Writer-director Berri adapted the novel by Anna Gavaldi.
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anorexia-nervosa, aristocrat, chef, cleaning-woman, French [nationality], homosexual, marijuana