Après vous... (2003)

Director:

Pierre Salvadori

Writers:

Danièle Dubroux (idea)
Benoît Graffin (writer)
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Release Date:

17 December 2003 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A very tasty comedy with a little French twist.

Plot:

Antoine (Auteuil) saves Louis (Garcia) from hanging himself, though in his attempt to get Louis back on his feet, Antoine gets caught in a romantic triangle.

Plot Keywords:

Clerk | Chinese Restaurant | Love Triangle | Wine Drinking | Attempted Suicide

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Daniel Auteuil	...	Antoine Letoux
José Garcia	...	Louis
Sandrine Kiberlain	...	Blanche Grimaldi
Marilyne Canto	...	Christine
Michèle Moretti	...	Martine
Garance Clavel	...	Karine
Fabio Zenoni	...	André
Jocelyne Desverchère	...	Sandrine the Florist
Didier Menin	...	Man at Thai Restaurant
Jean-Claude Lecas	...	Cook
Blandine Pélissier	...	Nurse
Jean-Charles Dumay	...	Serge the Sommelier
Ange Ruzé	...	Young Waiter
Élise Otzenberger	...	Hairdresser
Jean-Luc Abel	...	The Inspector
Caroline Brunner	...	Andre's Girlfriend
Andrée Tainsy	...	Louis' Grandmother
Claude-Bernard Perot	...	Businessman
Eric Chevalier	...	Businessman
Santha Leng	...	Thai Waiter
Suzanne Sinnet	...	Corked Wine Customer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabriel Francois	...	Restaurant Patron

Directed by
Pierre Salvadori

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Danièle Dubroux		idea
Benoît Graffin		writer
David Léotard		writer
Pierre Salvadori		writer

Produced by
Philippe Martin	....	producer
David Thion	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Camille Bazbaz

Cinematography by
Gilles Henry

Film Editing by
Isabelle Devinck

Casting by
Alain Charbit

Production Design by
Yves Fournier

Costume Design by
Virginie Montel

Makeup Department
Nathalie Kovalski	....	makeup artist
Joël Lavau	....	key makeup artist
Pierre Olivier Persin	....	special makeup effects artist
Luk Van Cleemput	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Pascal Bonnet	....	production manager
Isabelle Morax	....	post-production supervisor
Frédéric Morin	....	assistant production manager
Christophe Rabinovici	....	unit production manager
Charles Zemer	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandra Denni	....	second assistant director
David Douieb	....	trainee assistant director
Sylvie Peyre	....	first assistant director
Carole Reinhard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Britta Demasse	....	set dresser
Valérie Faynot	....	second assistant decorator

Sound Department
Stéphane Brunclair	....	sound
Michel Casang	....	sound
Eric Grattepain	....	foley artist
Vincent Montrobert	....	sound editor
Joël Rangon	....	sound mixer
Christophe Vingtrinier	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Bertrand Levallois	....	visual effects
Mitch Paulson	....	digital preview colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Guy Ferrandis	....	still photographer
Renaud Garnier	....	electrician
Sebastien Gaulon	....	electrician
David le Mevel	....	electrician
Pierre Michaud	....	gaffer
Mathieu Szpiro	....	electrician
Marc Tevanian	....	camera operator
Frederick Vanard	....	electrician
Valerio Villalba	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Olivia Lahougue	....	wardrobe supervisor
Paulette Ribot	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	grader
Stéphanie Gaurier	....	assistant editor
Sylvie Lager	....	assistant editor
Simon Njoo	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sandrine Cayron	....	script supervisor
Charles Zemer	....	location manager

Thanks
Marie Trintignant	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Les Films Pelléas
• France 2 Cinéma
• Gimages
• Gimages Développement
• Glem Production
• Tovo Films
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Canal+
• Gimages 6
• Région Ile-de-France

Distributors

• Alfa Films (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paramount Classics (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Alta Films (Spain)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CP Classics (Russia)
• Italian International Film (2004) (Italy) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Mars Distribution
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

After You (International: English title) (USA)
Fleur de peau (France) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

France:110 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | USA:R

Company:

Les Films Pelléas

Quotes:

Christine: How's the chicken?
Louis: Dead.

Soundtrack:

Sur le bout de la langue

Romantic Comedy in the True French Manner

It seems when it comes to romantic comedies the French have the corner on the market and technique. APRES VOUS is a bit of pastiche with a storyline that borders on absurd, but in the hands of director Pierre Salvadori it becomes not only an enjoyable farce, but also a tender little statement about compassion.

Antoine (Daniel Anteuil) is the fastidious and ultra compassionate manager of a high-class restaurant who bends over backwards for his staff, his patrons, and anybody who crosses his path who appears needy. He ends up making his girlfriend Christine (Marilyne Canto) take second place to his humanitarian concerns and this puts a strain on his relationship. One evening in a rush to meet Christine he encounters Louis (José Garcia) who is in the process of hanging himself in the park, his desired finale to a life of frustration and loss of his girlfriend Blanche (Sandrine Kiberlain). Naturally Antoine rescues him, feeds him, even brings him home, all the while putting his life on hold to help Louis heal his wounds. Louis is most concerned about the loss of Blanche and Antoine immediately commits his efforts to find her, woo her back for Louis (including revealing Blanche's current boyfriend's infidelity) - but in the process there develops a mutual attraction between Antoine and Blanche! Antoine arranges for Louis to get a job at his restaurant despite Louis' depression and lack of training. Just when everything seems to be turning out for the best, Christine leaves Antoine, and the circumstances surrounding Antoine's salvage of Louis' life change and the ending is somewhat of a French twist! The acting is fine, the pacing is fine, the only problem is with the characters themselves: we soon tire of Antoine's absurd selflessness and Louis' nerdy helplessness and that hampers the identification with these characters. Other than that the film is a brisk, sweet little French farce that leaves you humming. Grady Harp