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Cockles and Muscles is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Olivier Ducastel released in USA on 9 september 2005 with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 september 2005
Length 1h33
OriginFrance
Themes La provence, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating65%
Crustacés et coquillages (translated into English as the punning Cockles and Muscles) also known as Côte d'Azur, is a 2005 French film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
Synopsis
Marc has inherited the house of his late aunt on the Côte d'Azur and takes the family there on for their summer holiday, leaving their home in Paris. Charly, who has never had a girlfriend, is thought to be gay by his parents and Martin, who is gay, is also staying with them. Béatrix's lover Mathieu arrives in the village and manages to sneak opportunities to be with her. When Martin goes out one night to the local gay cruising area - an old fort on a nearby hillside - Charly follows him and meets Didier. After realising he isn't gay he calls Didier for help when the hot water stops working. Didier then meets Marc and they realise how much they missed each other from when Marc used to visit the area in his youth. Throughout everyone eats lots of fruits de mer, especially Sea Violets. At the end everyone sings a song called 'Fruits de Mer', each with their preferred partner.Actors
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
(Béatrix)
Jean-Marc Barr
(Didier)
Gilbert Melki
(Marc)
Jacques Bonnaffé
(Mathieu)
Édouard Collin
(Martin)
Sabrina Seyvecou
(Laura)
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