Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
Acting
Michèle Laroque's escalating panic is masterclass physical comedy
Direction
James Huth keeps one-room chaos breathlessly moving
Writing
Brutally efficient setup-punchline structure, zero fat
Director
James Huth
Michèle Laroque
Claire Doste
Albert Dupontel
Eric Cellier
Elise Tielrooy
Alice Doste
Michel Vuillermoz
Charles Thiriot
Gilles Privat
Chichi
Zinedine Soualem
Prince Hakim
Antoine Basler
Sacha Peters
Didier Bénureau
Bruno Helgen
Isabelle Nanty
Isabelle
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Pierre-François Greenrabbit
Philippe Vieux
Giuseppe
Patrick Ligardes
Pino
Maurice Barthélemy
Maurice Speedrabbit
Marina Foïs
Mina Schuster
Jean-Paul Rouve
Edouard "Douad" Pied
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Albert Dupontel and Michèle Laroque reunited in 2006's 'Mon idole' after this chemistry test.
The '35-and-panicking' trope hit different in 1998 France — this was peak 'crise de la quarantaine' cinema before Sex and the City exported it globally.
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