Serial Lover (1998)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Romain Berthomieu (writer)
James Huth (writer)

Release Date:

22 April 1998 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Four men meet one woman. Not a balance of power.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Death | Tragedy | Blood | Neo Noir

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michèle Laroque	...	Claire Doste
Albert Dupontel	...	Eric Cellier
Elise Tielrooy	...	Alice Doste
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Charles Thiriot
Gilles Privat	...	Ruitchi dit Chichi
Zinedine Soualem	...	Prince Hakim
Antoine Basler	...	Sacha Peters
Didier Bénureau	...	Bruno Helgen
Philippe Vieux	...	Giuseppe
Patrick Ligardes	...	Pino
Isabelle Nanty	...	Isabelle
Pierre-François Martin-Laval	...	Greenrabbit
Maurice Barthélémy	...	Maurice Speedrabbit
Steve Suissa
Marina Foïs	...	Mina Schuster

Runtime:

83 min | Australia:89 min | Germany:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | France:U (All public) | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:18

Company:

Les Films de la Suane

Quotes:

Eric Cellier: And where is the fourth guest ?
Claire Doste: Sasha ? I sent him...
Eric Cellier: Sent him ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy...
Eric Cellier: Sent him buy ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy some...
Eric Cellier: Sent him buy some ?
Claire Doste: Sent him buy some bread.
Eric Cellier: You're right. It's important, bread !

Movie Connections:

References Detour (1945)

A pearl of French cinema

Though the title might imply the movie being a bad porn flick, it actually turns out to be yet another pearl of French cinema.

Claire's 35th birthday is coming up and she has strongly decided to get married. She invites three substantial grooms for dinner, with the goal of choosing one of them as her future husband. The evening doesn't go exactly as planned and as one thing leads to another; soon Claire's apartment has turned into a house of horrors as more bodies start piling up in Claire's bathtub.

This movie once again proves how better movies are made when profit is not the only goal to achieve. The story is absolutely brilliant! What makes the movie even more amazing is that it's set in one apartment and all the events happen during one night. It's one of those movies that when you come out of the cinema it feels like it lasted only half an hour, but in reality was an hour and a half.

Director/script writer James Huth has done a brilliant job in organizing everything so that everything works perfectly and the audience can't stop laughing. There are no unnecessary moments and every scene leads to another, even funnier one. And yes, do watch this one before they make the American version.