Other Titles • Pas sur la bouche • Not On the Lips
Synopses for Pas sur la bouche (2003)
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Gilberte (Sabine Azema) is happily married to Georges (Pierre Ardit), a wealthy businessman who is unaware of his wife's previous marriage. One day Gilberte's unmarried sister, Arlette (Isabelle Nanty), knows the truth. Then one day, Georges comes home and announces he's about to strike a deal with a fabulously wealthy American named Eric Thompson (Lambert Wilson), who's on his way to Paris, and just happens to be Gilberte's ex-husband. Further complicating matters are family friend Huguette (Audrey Tautou), who has a crush on Charley (Jalil Lespert), who has been pursuing Gilberte...resulting in a series of misunderstandings and farcical situations.
Award-winning filmmaker Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) once again strikes gold with this delightful new period musical comedy based on a 1925 Parisian Operetta.
(38 votes)
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A frothy 1925 operetta, performed by a glittering cast that includes Sabine Azema and Audrey Tautou, might not sound precisely like the great director Alain Resnais's glass of champagne. But Not on the Lips (Pas sur la bouche) is in a line of Resnais films that uses false sets and stylized acting for its effect. This musical farce follows a wife (Azema) trying to keep her husband (Pierre Arditi) from learning that she was actually married once before--to an American who is about to become hubby's business partner. Awkward. Audrey Tautou, in a distinctly supporting role, navigates the trickery of flirtation as she tries to attract lounge lizard-y Jalil Lespert. Azema and Arditi are smooth as glass, but the standout here is Lambert Wilson (the French dude of the Matrix saga) as the tall, cigar-smoking American businessman, who disdains the un-hygenic dangers of kissing on the lips. Wilson's delivery of English phrases and his American-accented French is spot-on--you can hear the joke even if you don't speak French. The lightness of touch is maintained throughout, however gently the director of Last Year at Marienbad may be prodding at the undercurrents of Franco-American hostility (which probably seemed more loaded in 2004 than in 1925) and marital anxiety. --Robert Horton
(38 votes)
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Helmed by legendary French director Alain Resnais (HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR), NOT ON THE LIPS is a stunning operetta. Stylistically resembling an early-20th century film, Resnais casts Audrey Tatou (AMELIE) and Sabine Azéma (SAME OLD SONG) as two women vying for the affections of Charly (Jalil Lespert). Comedic capers ensue, with the cast indulging in many musical numbers along the way. Fans of Baz Luhrmann's MOULIN ROUGE should find much to love in NOT ON THE LIPS.
(30 votes)
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