Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women.
Acting
Noiret, Bohringer and Lhermitte — three legends circling each other like cynical wolves.
Direction
Leconte's surgical precision with male ego dismantling.
Director
Patrice Leconte
Philippe Noiret
L'Elégant
Richard Bohringer
Vincent Baraduc
Thierry Lhermitte
Paul
Carole Bouquet
Female Guest
Jean Rochefort
Bellhop
Miou-Miou
Marie
Judith Godrèche
Madeleine
Michèle Laroque
Hélène Baraduc
Maxime Leroux
Mariano Escobar
Jean Benguigui
Lefort
Ticky Holgado
Waiter
Sandra Majani
Waitress
Laurent Gamelon
Taxi Driver
Élodie Bouchez
Girl in Aeroplane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leconte shot this between 'The Hairdresser's Husband' and 'Ridicule' — part of his obsessive 90s trilogy about French masculinity in crisis.
The title references not the dance but a 1950s French slang for a messy situation — fitting for a film where nothing resolves cleanly.
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