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The Very Merry Widows is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Catherine Corsini with Jane Birkin
The Very Merry Widows (2003)
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Add to a movie listThe Very Merry Widows (French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.
^ "Mariées mais pas trop", AlloCiné, retrieved 7 April 2014 (French)
Synopsis
The film is a black comedy. Renée (Jane Birkin) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (Émilie Dequenne) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the naïve young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. After trying a couple of local men, Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (Jérémie Elkaïm). Renée herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (Pierre Richard).Actors
Jane Birkin
(Renée)
Pierre Richard
(Maurice Donnay)
Clovis Cornillac
(Alexis Dervin)
Jérémie Elkaïm
(Thomas)
Laurent Grévill
(Jean-Daniel)
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