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What's in a Name is a french film of genre Drama directed by Alexandre de La Patellière released in france in DVD on 19 september 2012 with Patrick Bruel

What's in a Name (2012)

What's in a Name
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Release in DVD in france 19 september 2012
Length 1h49
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating73% 3.6501753.6501753.6501753.6501753.650175

What's in a Name? (original title: Le Prénom, literally "The Given Name") is a French-Belgian comedy film, written and directed by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte and released in 2012. It is adapted from the play Le Prénom by the same authors. The film was a box office success in France, selling 3,340,231 tickets.

Synopsis

Vincent, a real estate agent and father-to-be is invited for dinner by his sister Elisabeth and his brother-in-law Pierre. When Vincent reveals he intends to have his son being baptised as "Adolphe" his hosts object to that. The situation eventually gets out of hand.

Actors

Patrick Bruel

(Vincent)Valérie Benguigui

(Élisabeth Garraud-Larchet dite « Babou »)Charles Berling

(Pierre)Guillaume de Tonquédec

(Claude)Françoise Fabian

(Françoise)
And :
Judith El Zein
Yaniss Lespert
Bernard Murat
Paul McCartney
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