Genre: Romance, Comedy
Plot: No good deed goes unpunished. -- Clare Booth Luce, as quoted in The Book of Laws, 1980 Two of France's most celebrated actors, Daniel Auteuil ("The Closet," "Girl on the Bridge") and José Garcia ("Trouble Everyday," "Jet Set"), team up in a romantic comedy from director Pierre Salvadori ("Wild Target") that begs the question: Can it actually be bad to be a Good Samaritan? Antoine (Auteuil) is the kind of guy who is always helping everyone - from his customers at Chez Jean, the upscale French brassiere he practically runs, to his incompetent fellow waiters and busboys, Antoine is the guy you can count on. Then one night on his way to meet his girlfriend Christine (Marilyn Canto), he cuts through the park to save time and commits the ultimate good deed - he saves a man's life. And boy will he be sorry. Despondent because the love of his life Blanche (Sandrine Kiberlain) has left him, Louis is at the end of his rope - or at least he'd like to be. But seconds after he's summoned the courage to kick away the suitcase he stands upon, literally inches away from hanging himself from a tree, poor Louis is saved by a complete stranger. Yes, kindhearted Antoine has committed the cruelest of acts - he has not allowed a man to take himself out of his own misery. He has reconnected
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Danièle Dubroux
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