Please Please Me! (Fais-moi plaisir!)
Part of the BAMcinematek series New French Films
Sun, Nov 15 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret
With Emmanuel Mouret, Judith Godrèche, Deborah Francois, Frederique Bel
(2009) 90min
"...actor-helmer Emmanuel Mouret expands his impressive oeuvre of minimalist, burlesque laffers with the slapstick-heavy romantic comedy Please, Please Me!" —Variety
Mouret—whose deadpan style has earned comparisons to Buster Keaton and Woody Allen—directs and stars in this romantic comedy about a hapless guy caught between two women…one of whom just happens to be the French president’s daughter. This is an outrageous, racy screwball romp about love, sex, and desire.
Variety on Please Please Me!
"Blending his character's squeamish timidity with David Faivre's colorful set designs, Mouret uses the simplest setups to elicit maximum laughs." More